iv CONTENTS. 



Chap. Pa^e 



30. Mesopotamia '0 



31. The Tigris 75 



32. Arabia 82 



33. The Gulfs of the Red Sea 91 



34. Troglodytice 93 



35. Ethiopia 97 



36. Islands of the ^Ethiopian Sea 105 



37. The Fortunate Islands 107 



38. The comparative distances of places on the face of tlie earth . . 108 



39. Division of the earth into parallels and shadows of equal length 110 



BOOK VII. 



MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS. 



1. Man 117 



2. The wonderful forms of different nations 122 



3. Marvellous births 135 



4. The generation of man ; the unusual duration of pregnancy ; in- 



stances of it from seven to twelve months 139 



5. Indications of the sex of the child during the pregnancy of the 



mother 141 



6. Monstrous births 142 



7. Of those who have been cut out of the womb 143 



8. "Who were called Vopisci 144 



9. The conception and generation of man ib. 



10. Striking instances of resemblance 145 



11. What men are suited for generation. Instances of very nume- 



rous offspring 148 



12. At what age generation ceases .. .. 150 



13. Remarkable circumstances connected with the menstrual discharge ib. 



14. The theory of generation 153 



15. Some account of the teeth, and some facts concerning infants . . ib. 



16. Examples of unusual size 155 



17. Children remarkable for their precocity 158 



18. Some remarkable properties of the body ib. 



19. Instances of extraordinary strength , .. 160 



20. Instances of remarkable agility 161 



21. Instances of acuteness of sight 162 



22. Instances of remarkable acuteness of hearing 163 



23. Instances of endurance of pain \ 164 



24. Memory ib^ 



25. Vigour of mind 166 



26. Clemency and greatness of mind ih. 



27. Heroic exploits 167 



28. Union in the same person of three of the highest qualities with 



the greatest purity 169 



29. Instances of extreme courage 170 



30. Men of remarkable genius 173 



31. Men who have been remarkable for wisdom 174 



