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CONTENTS.
| Chap. | Page | |
| 68. | What part of the earth is inhabited | 100 |
| 69. | That the earth is in the middle of the world | 102 |
| 70. | Of the obliquity of the zones | ib. |
| 71. | Of the inequality of climates | ib. |
| 72. | In what places eclipses are invisible, and why this is the case | 104 |
| 73. | What regulates the daylight on the earth | 105 |
| 74. | Remarks on dials, as connected with this subject | 106 |
| 75. | When and where there are no shadows | 107 |
| 76. | Where this takes place twice in the year and where the shadows fall in opposite directions | 108 |
| 77. | Where the days are the longest and where the shortest | ib. |
| 78. | Of the first dial | 109 |
| 79. | Of the mode in which the days a are computed | 110 |
| 80. | Of the difference of nations as depending on the nature of the world | ib. |
| 81. | Of earthquakes | 111 |
| 82. | Of clefts of the earth | 112 |
| 83. | Signs of an approaching earthquake | 114 |
| 84. | Preservatives against future earthquakes | ib. |
| 85. | Prodigies of the earth which have occurred once only | 115 |
| 86. | Wonderful circumstances attending earthquakes | 116 |
| 87. | In what places the sea has receded | ib. |
| 88. | The mode in which islands rise up | 117 |
| 89. | What islands have been formed, and at what periods | 118 |
| 90. | Lands which have been separated by the sea | 119 |
| 91. | Islands which have been united to the main land | ib. |
| 92. | Lands which have been totally changed into seas | ib. |
| 93. | Lands which have been swallowed up | 120 |
| 94. | Cities which have been absorbed by the sea | ib. |
| 95. | Of vents in the earth | 121 |
| 96. | Of certain lands which are always shaking, and of floating islands | 122 |
| 97. | Places in which it never rains | 123 |
| 98. | The wonders of various countries collected together | ib. |
| 99. | Concerning the cause of the flowing and ebbing of the sea | 124 |
| 100. | Where the tides rise and fall in an unusual manner | 127 |
| 101. | Wonders of the sea | 128 |
| 102. | The power of the moon over-the land and the sea | ib. |
| 103. | The power of the sun | 129 |
| 104. | Why the sea is salt | ib. |
| 105. | Where the sea is the deepest | 130 |
| 106. | The wonders of fountains and rivers | 131 |
| 107. | The wonders of fire and water united | 138 |
| 108. | Of Maltha | 138 |
| 109. | Of naphtha | 139 |
| 110. | Places which are always burning | ib. |
| 111. | Wonders of fire alone | 141 |
| 112. | The dimensions of the earth | 143 |
| 113. | The harmonical proportion of the universe | 147 |
