IV CONTENTS. 



Chap. ^f^ 



30. Mesqpotanua '" 



31. TheTigris 1% 



32. Arabia °^ 



33. The Gulfs of the Red Sea °i 



34. Troglodytioe °° 



35. .aithiopia l' 



36. Islands of the -Ethiopian Sea 1"^ 



37. The Fortunate Islands 107 



38. The comparative distances of places on the face of the earth . . 108 



39. Division of the earth into parallels and shadows of equal leng^i 110 



BOOK VII. 



MAN, HI8 BIBTH, HIS OEaANIZATlON, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ABTS. 



1. Man 117 



2. The wonderftil forms of different nations 122 



3. Marvellous births .. .' 135 



4. The generation of man ; the unusual duration of pregnancy ; in- 



stances of it irom seven to twelve months 139 



6. Indications of the sex of the child during the pregnancy of the 



mother 141 



6. Monstrous births 142 



7. Of those who have been cut out of the womb 143 



8. Who were called Vopisci 144 



9. The conception and generation of man ii, 



10. Striking instances of resemblance 145 



11. What men are suited for generation^ Instances of very nume- 



rous offspring 148 



12. At what age generation ceases 150 



13. Eemarkable circumstances connected with the menstrual discharge ib. 



14. The theory of generation 153 



15. Some account of the teeth, and some facts concerning infants .-.' ij. 



16. Examples of unusual size igg 



17. Children remarkable for their precocity ,] [[ igg 



18. Some remarkable properties of the body '.'. " ij. 



19. Instances of extraordinary strength , '' igg 



20. Instances of remarkable agility "' [[ ]] ] Igj 



21. Instances of acuteness of sight '' [' " jgo ■ 



22. Instances of remarkable acuteness of hearing .' .. " " igs 



23. Instances of endurance of pain '.. . icj 



24. Memory ' *?* 



26. Tigourofmind .'' || 'g 



26. Clemency and greatness of mind .. " *■ A* 



27. Heroic exploits .... . ,gj 



''• ""t: g±s7^r"."' *''"' °' *'^ "^^ "^"^ ^'^ «o 



29. Instances of extreme courage J 2? 



30. Men of remarkable genius .. .' \Vi 



31. Men who have been remarkable for 'wisdom I74 



