[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Latin](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la) › [Principate (31 BCE – 300 CE)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial) › [Naturalis historia](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder) › 11.103 # Naturalis historia 11.103 Naturalis historia 11.103 - **Language:** Latin ### [11.103](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.11.103) in India ternum pedum longitudinis esse traduntur, cruribus et feminibus serrarum usum praebere, cum inaruerint . est et alius earum obitus: gregatim sublatae vento in maria aut stagna decidunt. forte hoc casuque evenit, non, ut prisci existimavere, madefactis nocturno umore alis. iidem quippe nec volare eas noctibus propter frigora tradiderunt , ignari etiam longinqua maria ab iis transiri , continuata plurium dierum — quod maxime miremur — fame quoque, quam propter externa pabula petere sciunt. - [Previous: 10.49.136](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.10.49.136) - [Next: 11.111](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.11.111) - [Up: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.11) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.11.103](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.11.103) · Pramāṇa