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pliiity's natueal histoet. 
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one hundred inclies in length, throws a shadow seventy- 
seven inches long ; the length of the longest day is fourteen 
equinoctial hours and a half, plus one thirtieth of an hour. 
Under the fourth circle or parallel lie those parts of India 
which are on the other side of the Imaiis, the southern parts 
of Cappadocia, Galatia, Mysia, Sardis, Smyrna, Sipylus, 
Mount Tmolus, Lydia, Caria, Ionia, Tralles, Colophon, 
Ephesus, Miletus, Chios, Samos, the Icarian Sea, the northern 
part of the Cyclades, Athens, Megara, Corinth, Sicyon, Achaia, 
Patrae, the Isthmus, Epirus, the northern parts of Sicily, the 
eastern parts of Gallia JS'arbonensis, and the sea-coast of Spain, 
from N^ew Carthage westward. In these districts a gnomon 
of twenty-one feet throws a shadow of sixteen feet in length ; 
the longest day contains fourteen equinoctial hours and two- 
thirds of an hour. 
Under the fifth zone are included, from the entrance to the 
Caspian Sea, the Bactri, Iberia, Armenia, Mysia, Phrygia, the 
Hellespont, Troas, Tenedos, Abydos, Scepsis, Ilium, Mount 
Ida, Cyzicus, Lampsacus, Sinope, Amisus, Heraclea in Pontus, 
Paphlagonia, Lemnos, Imbros, ThasOvS, Cassandria, Thessaly, 
Macedonia, Larissa, Amphipolis, Thessalonica, Pella, Edessa, 
Eeroea, Pharsalia, Carystus, Euboea in Bceotia, Chalcis, Delphi, 
Acarnania, ^tolia, ApoUonia, Brudisium, Tarentum, Thurii, 
Locri, Ehegium, the Lucani, JN'eapolis, Puteoli, the Tuscan Sea, 
Corsica, the Balearic Islands, and the middle of Spain. A 
gnomon, seven feet in length, in these countries gives a shadow 
of six feet, and the length of the day is fifteen equinoctial hours. 
The sixth division, in which Eome is included, embraces 
the Caspian nations, Caucasus, the northern parts of Ar- 
menia, Apollonia on the Ehyndacus, I^icomedia, Mcsea, 
Chalcedon, Byzantium, Lysimachia, the Chersonnesus, the 
Gulf of Melas, Abdera, Samothracia, Maronea, ^nus, Bessica, 
Thracia, Msedica, Paeonia, the Illyrii, Dyrrhachium, Canu- 
sium, the extreme parts of Apulia, Campania, Etruria, Pisae, 
Luna, Luca, Genua, Liguria, j^ntipolis, Massilia, I^arbo, 
Tarraco, the middle parts of Hispania Tarraconensis, and 
thence through Lusitania. A gnomon of nine feet here 
throws a shadow eight feet long ; the greatest length of the 
day is fifteen equinoctial hours, plus one-ninth part of an hour, 
or, according to Mgidius, one-fifth. 
The seventh division begins on the other side of the Caspian 
