BOOK VI. xxxix. 212-214 



and the longest day contain 14 equinoctial hours," 

 and the shorfcest on the contrai-y 10. 



The next parallel bcgia'; with the western part 

 of India, and runs through the middle of Parthia, 

 Persepohs, the nearest parts of Farsistan, Hither 

 Arabia, Judaea and the people hving near Mount 

 Lebanon, and embraces Babylon, Idumaea, Samaria, 

 Jerusalem, Ascalon, Joppa, Caesarea, Phoenicia, 

 Ptolemais, Sidon, Tyre, Berytus, Botrys, Tripohs, By- 

 blus, Antioch, Laodicea, Seleucia, seaboard CiUcia, 

 Southern Cj-prus, Crete, Lilybaeum in Sicily, North- 

 ern Africa and Northern Numidia. At the equinox 

 a 35 ft. gnomon throws a shadow 24 ft. long, while 

 the longest day and the longest night measure 14f 

 equinoctial hours.* 



The third parallel begins at the part of India 

 nearest to the Himalayas, and passes through the 

 Caspian Gates, the nearest parts of Media, Cataonia, 

 Cappadocia, Taurus, Amanus, Issus, the Cihcian 

 Gates, SoU, Tarsus, C}^rus, Pisidia, PamphyUa, 

 Side, Lycaonia, Lycia, Patara, Xanthus, Caunus, 

 Rhodes, Cos, HaUcarnassus, Cnidus, Doris, Clnos, 

 Delos, the middle of the Cyclades, Gythium, Malea, 

 Argos, Laconia, EUs, Olympia and Messenia in 

 the Peloponnese, Syracuse, Catania, the middle of 

 Sicily, the southern parts of Sardinia, Carteia, 

 Cadiz. A gnomon 100 inches long throws a shadow 

 77 inches long. The longest day is 14^^ equinoctial 

 hours. 



" The Boman hour only corresponded in length to the 



modem hour (;',th of day plus night) at tho equinoxes, since 

 they divided ihe periods from sunrise to sunsct and from 

 sunset to sunriso each into 12 hours all tho year round. 

 ^ See preceding note. 



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