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groweth warm, and at Midnight it is offensive for Heat and 

 Bitterness. The Fountain of the Po, at Noon in Summer, 

 intermitteth to boil, and is then ever dry. In the Island 

 Tenedos there is a Spring, which, after the Summer Solstice, 

 evermore from the third Hour of the Night to the sixth, 

 doth overflow. And in the Island of Delos, the Fountain 

 Inopus falleth and riseth after the same Sort as the Nile 

 doth, and together with it. Over against the River Timavus 

 there is a little Island in the Sea, having hot Springs, which 

 ebb and flow in Time and Manner as the Tide of the Sea. 

 In the Territory of the Pitinates, beyond the Apennines, the 

 River Novanus, at every Midsummer Time, is in Flood ; but 

 in Midwinter is dry. In the Faliscan Country the Water of 

 the River Clitumnus maketh the Cattle white that drink of 

 it. And in Boeotia, the River Melas maketh Sheep black : 

 Cephyssus running out of the same Lake, causeth them to be 

 white : and Penius, again, giveth them a black Colour : 

 but Xanthus, near to Ilium, coloureth them reddish; and 

 hereupon the River took that Name. In the Land of Pon- 

 tus there is a River that watereth the Plains of Astace, upon 

 which, those Mares that feed give black Milk for the Food 

 of that Nation. In the Reatin Territory there is a Fountain 

 called Neminia, which, according to its issuing forth out of 

 this or that Place, signifieth the Change in the Price of Vic- 

 tuals. In the Haven of Brundusium there is a Well that 

 yieldeth to Sailors Water which will never corrupt. The 

 Water of Lincestis, called Acidula (or Sour), maketh Men 

 drunken no less than Wine. Also, in Paphlagonia, and in 

 the Territory of Gales. Also in the Isle of Andros there is a 

 Fountain in the Temple of Father Bacchus, which upon the 

 Nones of January always runneth with Water that tasteth 

 like Wine ; as Mulianus verily believeth ; who was a Man 

 that had been thrice Consul : the Name of the Spring is 

 Dios Tecnosia. Near Nonacris, in Arcadia, is the River 

 Styx ; differing from the other Styx neither in Smell nor 

 Colour : drink of it once, and it is present Death. Also, in 

 Berosus (an Hill of the Tauri), there be three Fountains, the 



