[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.
“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.