(75)
All of those which are dense within and rare without, having received a moisture of this kind at the hands of Kypris....
This thou mayest see in the heavy-backed shell-fish that dwell in the sea, in sea-snails and the stony-skinned turtles. In them thou mayest see that the earthy part dwells on the uppermost surface.
(77-78)
It is the air that makes evergreen trees flourish with abundance of fruit the whole year round.
And so first of all tall olive trees bear eggs....
(80)
Wherefore pomegranates are late-born and apples succulent.