[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) › 7.32 # Naturalis historia 7.32 Naturalis historia 7.32 - **Language:** Latin ### [7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.7.32) in Africae solitudinibus hominum species obviae subinde fiunt momentoque evanescunt. Haec atque talia ex hominum genere ludibria sibi, nobis miracula ingeniosa fecit natura. ex singulis quidem quae facit in dies ac prope horas, quis enumerare valeat? ad detegendam eius potentiam satis sit inter prodigia posuisse gentes. hine ad confessa in homine pauca. > There is a tribe of Æthiopian Nomades dwelling on the banks of the river Astragus, towards the north, and about twenty days' journey from the ocean. These people are called Menismini; they live on the milk of the animal which we call cynocephalus, and rear large flocks of these creatures, taking care to kill the males, except such as they may preserve for the purpose of breeding. In the deserts of Africa, men are frequently seen to all appearance, and then vanish in an instant. Nature, in her ingenuity, has created all these marvels in the human race, with others of a similar nature, as so many amusements to herself, though they appear miraculous to us. But who is there that can enumerate all the things that she brings to pass each day, I may almost say each hour? As a striking evidence of her power, let it be sufficient for me to have cited whole nations in the list of her prodigies. Let us now proceed to mention some other particulars con- nected with Man, the truth of which is universally admitted. > — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, The Natural History of Pliny - [Previous: 7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.7.31) - [Next: 8.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.8.3.7) - [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.7.2.14) — John Bostock & Henry Thomas Riley 1855, English --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.la.imperial.pliny-elder.7.32) · Pramāṇa