[400] Already stated at from 19¾ to 20½ miles; or more precisely, from 34,995 yards 1 foot 8 inches, to 36,089 yards 10 inches English measure.—Transl.

[401] Equal to 76 yards 1 foot 7 inches and 9/10ths.—Transl.

[402] In the salt lakes of Westphalia, we find Lymnæa and fresh water plants in abundance.

[403]

“Jamque erat in totas sparsurus fulmina terras,

Tela reponuntur, manibus fabricata Cyclopum:

Pœna placet diversa; genus mortale sub undis

Perdere, et ex omni nimbos dimittere cœlo.”

Ovid. Met. lib. i. v. 255.

[404] Vide [note] on the Non-mechanical Action of pure Water.