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of the Cicones, and in the Lake Velinus in the Picene Terri- 

 tory, if Wood be thrown in it becomes covered over with a 

 stony Bark. Also in Surius, a River of Colchis, the like is 

 to be seen : insomuch that the Bark which overgroweth it is 

 as hard as a Stone. Likewise in the River Silarus beyond 

 Surrentum, not Twigs only that are dipped therein, but 

 Leaves also, grow to be Stones ; and yet the Water thereof 

 otherwise is wholesome to be drunk. In the Outlet of the 

 Reatin Marsh, a Rock groweth bigger; and in the Red Sea 

 there be Olive-trees and other Shrubs, that grow up green. 

 There be also very many Springs which have a wonderful 

 Nature for their boiling Heat : and that also upon the very 

 Mountains of the Alps ; and in the Sea between Italy and 

 uEnaria : as in the Bay Baianus, and the River Liris, and 

 many others. For in very many Places you may draw fresh 

 Water out of the Sea ; as about the Islands ChelidonisB and 

 Aradus : and in the Ocean about Gades. In the hot Waters 

 of the Patovans there grow green Herbs : in those of the 

 Pisanes there breed Frogs : and at Vetulonii in Etruria, not 

 far from the Sea, Fishes also are bred. In the Territory 

 Casinas there is a River called Scatebra, which is cold, and 

 in Summer Time more abounding in Water than in Winter : 

 in it, as also in Stymphalis of Arcadia, there are brought 

 forth River Mussels. In Dodone, the Fountain of Jupiter 

 being exceedingly chill, quencheth lighted Torches when 

 dipped therein ; but if you hold the same near it when they 

 nre extinguished, it setteth them on Fire again. The same 

 Spring at Noontide evermore wanteth Water, for which 

 Cause they call it Anapavomenos : by and by it beginneth to 

 rise until it be Midnight, and then it hath great Abundance : 

 and from that Time again it subsideth by little and little. In 

 Illyricum there is a cold Spring, over which, if there be 

 spread any Clothes, they catch Fire and burn. The Foun- 

 tain of Jupiter Amman in the Daytime is cold, and all Night 

 it is boiling hot. In the Troglodytes Country there is a 

 Fountain of the Sun, called the Sweet Spring, which about 

 Noon is exceeding cold ; but by and by and gradually it 



