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 Morris M. Stephenson \\
 A.S.T.C. (Dip.Opt.) F.I.O.
-==== IF LOOKS COULD KILL ====
+==== If Looks Could Kill ====
-Plinius Secundus Cell's, that fine old philosopher of Ancient Rome,
+Plinius Secundus Caius, that fine old philosopher of Ancient Rome, in his "Natural History", describes a wild beast which kills with a glance. He says..
-in his "Natural History", describes a wild beast which kills with a glance. He says..
-"Among the Hesperian Aethipians is the fountain of the Nigris, suppose'd by many to be the headwaters of the Nile. Near this fountain there is found a wild beast which is called the catoblepas, an animal of moderate size and otherwise sluggish in the movements of the rest of its limbs; its head is remarkably heavy and it only carries it with the greatest difficulty, being always bent down towards the earth. Were it not for this circumstance it would prove the destruction of the human race, for all who behold the eye of this creature fall dead upon the spot."
+"Among the Hesperian Aethipians is the fountain of the Nigris, supposed by many to be the headwaters of the Nile. Near this fountain there is found a wild beast which is called the catoblepas, an animal of moderate size and otherwise sluggish in the movements of the rest of its limbs; its head is remarkably heavy and it only carries it with the greatest difficulty, being always bent down towards the earth. Were it not for this circumstance it would prove the destruction of the human race, for all who behold the eye of this creature fall dead upon the spot."
 So even in the old days bushwalkers had to beware of things-that-gobump-in-the-night.
-M.S.
-mom
+M.S.
 ==== IF THOUGHTS COULD KILL ====