Contents of the Second Book. 



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CHAP. 



40. The Power of the Dog- Star. 



41. The Influences of Stars accord- 



ing to the Seasons and De- 

 grees of the Signs. 



42. The Causes of Rain, Wind, and 



Clouds. 



43. Of Thunder and Lightning. 



44. Whereupon cometh the Re- 



doubling of the Voice, called 

 Echo. 



45. Of Winds again. 



46. Considerations on the Nature 



of Winds. 



47. The Kinds of Winds. 



48. Of sudden Blasts. 



49. Other strange Kinds of Tem- 



pests. 



50. In what Regions there fall no 



Thunderbolts. 



5 1 . Divers Sorts of Lightnings, and 



wondrous Accidents by them 

 occasioned. 



52. The Observations [of the Tus- 



cans in old Time] about 

 Lightning. 



53. Of causing Lightning. 



54. General Rules concerning 



Lightning. 



55. What Things are not struck 



by Lightning. 



56. Of monstrous Showers of 



Milk, Blood, Flesh, Iron, 

 Wool, Brick, and Tile. 



57. The rattling of Armour : and 



the Sound of Trumpets heard 

 from the Sky. 



58. Of Stones falling from the 



Sky. 



59. Of the Rainbow. 



60. Of Hail, Snow, Frost, Mists, 



and Dew. 



61. Of Shapes represented in the 



Clouds. 



62. The particular Properties of 



the Sky in certain Places. 



63. The Nature of the Earth. 



64. The Figure of the Earth. 



CHAP. 



65. Of the Antipodes: and whe- 



ther there be such. Also, of 

 the Roundness of the Water. 



66. How the Water resteth upon 



the Earth. 



67. Of Seas and Rivers of Naviga- 



tion. 



68. What Parts of the Earth be 



habitable. 



69. That the Earth is in the Midst 



of the World. 



70. Whence proceedeth the In- 



equality in the Rising of the 

 Stars. Of the Eclipse : where 

 it is, and why. 



71. The Reason of Daylight upon 



Earth. 



72. A Discourse thereof according 



to the Gnomon : also of the 

 first Sun-dial. 



73. Where and when no Shadows 



are cast. 



74. Where the Shadows fall oppo- 



site twice in the Year. 



75. Where the Days are longest, 



and where shortest. 



76. Likewise of Dials. 



77. The divers Observations and 



Acceptations of the Day. 



78. Reasons of the Difference of 



Nations. 



79. Of the Earthquake. 



80. Of Openings in the Earth. 



81. Signs of an Earthquake. 



82. Helps against approaching 



Earthquakes. 



83. Strange Wonders seen only 



once in the Earth. 



84. Miraculous Accidents of Earth- 



quakes. 



85. In what Parts the Seas went back 



86. Islands appearing new out of 



the Sea. 



87. What Islands have thus shewed, 



and at what Times. 



88. Into what Lands the Seas have 



forcibly broken. 



