SOME OF GERCKE S READINGS 



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II. 75, 2, and it might . . . 

 bladder. 



95, 2, a third neither. 



98, i, (c. Iv.) dry air. 

 III. 122, 3, when trees are cut 



down. 

 123, i, air is produced. 



132, 3, concealed through 

 out, until. 



142, 5, you have yourself. . . 

 Virgil. 



149, 4, nor do the waters, 

 etc. 



IV. 1 6 1, 8, the stature . . 

 arena. 



173, 19, nor yet the Cay- 

 strus . . . deep. 



and which might with 

 greater accuracy be called 

 harsh, because it emits a 

 sound like that heard 

 when a bladder. 



a third mixed, a fourth 

 neither. 



air in rapid motion. 



when trees are full of sap 

 and not cut down. 



Gercke places c. xiv. im 

 mediately after this. 



after &quot;throughout&quot; insert 

 &quot;in others they run above 

 ground for some dis 

 tance.&quot; 



you, my dear Lucilius, be 

 lieve the story as (I said) 

 in the first part [of my 

 book], and so does Virgil. 



nor do the waters find this 

 a hard task since the sea 

 mounts from an elevation 

 equal to that of the earth 

 (or land). If the heights 

 be calculated (or if the 

 average be taken over 

 the heights), it will appear 

 that the surface of the 

 sea is of uniform level. 



the text and meaning are 

 somewhat conjectural. 

 Gercke reads &quot;the stature 

 of an ape matched against 

 a Thracian in the arena.&quot; 

 For &quot; Apollonius Pycta &quot; 

 he reads &quot;A. the boxer.&quot; 



nor the Caystrus which lies 

 beneath Mount Tmolus 

 increases in summer, and 

 yet deep snow lies there 

 constantly as is natural 

 in those northern regions. 

 &quot; Tmolo &quot; is an ingenious 

 and probable emendation. 



