C 3 6 5 ] 
worthy to be praifed, and there is no End of his 
Greatnefs . 1 am. 
Dear Sir , 
Tooting ? Dec. xo* Tour mojl affeSlionate 7 
174 - 6 * 
and obliged humble Servant 7 
H. Miles. 
V. A Remark on Father Hardening Amend- 
ment of a Pajfage in PlinyV Natural 
Hiftory, Lib . II. § LXXIV. Edit . Parif. 
folio j 1723. by Martin Folkes 5 Efquire^ 
Pr. R. S. 
Read Jan. 22. JfAfaque horofeopa non ubique eadem 
* flint ufui, in trecentis ftadiis , aut ut 
longiJfime 7 in quingentis , mut antibus femet umbris 
folis . Itaque umbilici (quern gnomonem appellant) 
umbra in c / Egypto mendiano tempore , tequinoffiii 
die , paulo plufquam dimidiam gnomonis men fur am 
efficit . I72 Roma nona pars gnomonis deefi um- 
brae. In oppido Ancone fuperejl quinta, Decima 
in parte Italia , % qu<e Venetta appellatur , eifdem la- 
ris umbra gnomoni- par fit . 
The geographical Reader cannot but obferve here 
immediately, that fomewhat is faulty in this Paflage 
as it (lands 5 fuice the equinofliai Shadow of the 
Gnomon being made fnorter at Ancona than at Rome > 
the Latitude of Ancona will confequently be made 
lefler than that of Rome $ whereas it is known to 
be 
