CONTENTS, Xr? 



Chap. Page 



68. Wliat part of tlie earth is inhabited 100 



69. That the earth is in the middle of the world 102 



70. Of the obhquity of the zones ih. 



Vl. Of the inequality of chmates ib. 



72. In what places echpses are inrisible, and why this is the case 104 



73. What regulates the day hght on the earth 105 



74. Remarks on dials, as connected with this subject 106 



75. When and where there are no shadows 107 



76. Where this takes place twice in the year and where the sha- 



dows fall in opposite du'ections 



77. Where the days are the longest and where the shortest 



78. Of the first dial ... 



79. Of the mode iu which the days are computed 



80. Of the difference of nations as depending on the nature of the 



world 



81. Of earthquakes 



82. Of clefts of the earth 



83. Signs of an approaching earthquake . . . 



84. Preservatives agamst future earthquakes 



85. Prodigies of the earth which have occurred once only 



86. Wonderful circumstances attending earthquakes 



87. In what places the sea has receded 



88. The mode m which islands rise up 



89. What islands have been formed, and at what periods 



90. Lands which have been separated by the sea 



91. Islands which have been luiited to the main land ... 



92. Lands which have been totally changed into seas ... 



93. Lands which have been swallowed up 



94. Cities which have been absorbed by the sea 



95. Of vents in the earth 



96. Of certain lands which are always shaking, and of floating 



islands 



Places in which it never rains 



The wonders of various countries collected together 

 Concerning the cause of the flowing and ebbmg of the sea 

 Where the tides rise and fall in an unusual manner 



Wonders of the sea 



The power of the moon over the land and the sea 



The power of the sun 



Why the sea is salt 



Where the sea is the deepest 



The wonders of fountains and rivers 

 The wonders of fire and water united 



OfMaltha 



Of naphtha 



Places which are always burning 



Wonders of fire alone 



The dimensions of the earth 



The harraonical proportion of the universe 



