[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) › 7.30 # Naturalis historia 7.30 Naturalis historia 7.30 - **Language:** Latin ### [7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.7.30) Artemidorus in Taprobane insula longissimam vitam sine ullo corporis languore traduci. Duris Indorum quosdam cum feris coire mixtosque et semiferos esse partus. in Calingis eiusdem Indiae gente quinquennes concipere feminas, octavum vitae annum non excedere. et alibi cauda villosa homines nasci pernicitatis eximiae, alios auribus totos contegi. Oritas ab Indis Arabis fluvius disterminat. hi nullum alium cibum novere quam piscium, quos unguibus dissectos sole torreant atque ita panem ex iis faciant, ut refert Clitarchus . > Artemidorus states that in the island of Taprobane, life is prolonged to an extreme length, while, at the same time, the body is exempt from weakness. According to Durisis, some of the Indians have connection with beasts, and from this union a mixture of half man, half beast, is produced. Among the Calingæ, a nation also of India, the women conceive at five years of age, and do not live beyond their eighth year. In other places again, there are men born with long hairy tails, and of remarkable swiftness of foot; while there are others that have ears so large as to cover the whole body. The Oritæ are divided from the Indians by the river Arabis; they are acquainted with no food whatever except fish, which they are in the habit of tearing to pieces with their nails, and drying in the sun. Crates of Pergamus states, that the Troglodytæ, who dwell beyond Æthiopia, are able to outrun the horse; and that a tribe of the Æthiopians, who are known as the Syrbotæ, exceed eight cubits in height. > — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, The Natural History of Pliny - [Previous: 7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.7.29) - [Next: 7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.7.31) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.7) ## Translations (1) - [The Natural History of Pliny](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder~en-bostock-riley.7.2.13) — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.7.30) · Pramāṇa