112 PLINY'S NATURAL HISTOET. [Book VI. 



one hundred inches in length, throws a shadow seventy- 

 seven inches long ; the length of the longest day is fourteen 

 equinoctial hours and a half, plus one thirtieth of an hour. 



Under the fourth circle or parallel lie those parts of India 

 which are on the other side of the Imaiis, the southern parts 

 of Cappadocia, Galatia, Mysia, Sardis, Smyrna, Sipylus, 

 Mount Tmolus, Lydia, Caria, Ionia, Tralles, Colophon, 

 Ephesus, Miletus, Chios, Samos, the Icarian Sea, the northern 

 part of the Cyclades, Athens, Megara, Corinth, Sicyon, Achaia, 

 Patra3, the Isthmus, Epirus, the northern parts of Sicily, the 

 eastern parts of Gallia Narbonensis, and the sea-coast of Spain, 

 from New Carthage westward. In these districts a gnomon 

 of twenty-one feet throws a shadow of sixteen feet in length ; 

 the longest day contains fourteen equinoctial hours and two- 

 thirds of an hour. 



Under the fifth zone are included, from the entrance to the 

 Caspian Sea, the Bactri, Iberia, Armenia, Mysia, Phrygia, the 

 Hellespont, Troas, Tenedos, Abydos, Scepsis, Ilium, Mount 

 Ida, Cyzicus, Lampsacus, Sinope, Amisus, Heraclea in Pontus, 

 Paphlagonia, Lemnos, Imbros, Thasos, Cassandria, Thessaly, 

 Macedonia, Larissa, Amphipolis, Thessalonica, Pella, Edessa, 

 Beroea, Pharsalia, Carystus, Euboea in Bceotia, Chalcis, Delphi, 

 Acarnania, JEtolia, Apollonia, Brudisium, Tarentum, Thurii, 

 Locri, Ehegium, the Lucani, Neapolis, Puteoli, the Tuscan Sea, 

 Corsica, the Balearic Islands, and the middle of Spain. A 

 gnomon, seven feet in length, in these countries gives a shadow 

 of six feet, and the length of the day is fifteen equinoctial hours. 

 The sixth division, in which Rome is included, embraces 

 the Caspian nations, Caucasus, the northern parts of Ar- 

 menia, Apollonia on the Ehyndacus, Nicomedia, Mcsea, 

 Chalcedon, Byzantium, Lysimachia, the Chersonnesus, the 

 Gulf of Melas, Abdera, Samothracia, Maronea, JEnus, Bessica, 

 Thracia, Maedica, Pseonia, the Illyrii, Dyrrhachium, Canu- 

 sium, the extreme parts of Apulia, Campania, Etruria, Pisas, 

 Luna, Luca, Genua, Liguria, Antipolis, Massilia, Narbo, 

 Tarraco, the middle parts of Hispania Tarraconensis, and 

 thence through Lusitania. A gnomon of nine feet here 

 throws a shadow eight feet long ; the greatest length of the 

 day is fifteen equinoctial hours, plus one-ninth part of an hour, 

 or, according to Mgidius, one-fifth. 



The seventh division begins on the other side of the Caspian 



