[44] Aristotle, On Animals, chaps. 1, 15.
[45] Brocchi, Con. Fos. Subap. Disc. sui Progressi. vol. i. p. 57.
[46] De Metallicis.
[47] Dies Caniculares.
[48] Storia Naturale.
[49] Osserv. sugli Animali aquat. e terrest. 1626.
[50] Sex itaque distinctas Etruriæ facies agnoscimus, dum bis fluida, bis plana, et sicca, bis aspera fuerit, &c.
[51] Scilla quotes the remark of Cicero on the story that a stone in Chios had been cleft open, and presented the head of Paniscus in relief:—"I believe," said the orator, "that the figure bore some resemblance to Paniscus, but not such that you would have deemed it sculptured by Scopas; for chance never perfectly imitates the truth."
[52] De Testaceis fossilibus Mus. Septaliani.
[53] The opinions of Boyle, alluded to by Quirini, were published a few years before, in a short article entitled "On the Bottom of the Sea." From observations collected from the divers of the pearl fishery, Boyle inferred that, when the waves were six or seven feet high above the surface of the water, there were no signs of agitation at the depth of fifteen fathoms; and that even during heavy gales of wind, the motion of the water was exceedingly diminished at the depth of twelve or fifteen feet. He had also learnt from some of his informants, that there were currents running in opposite directions at different depths.—Boyle's Works, vol. iii. p. 110. London, 1744.