[545] Thirtieth of July.
[546] Sixth of August.
[547] Eleventh of August.
[548] Eighth of August.
[549] See B. xvii. c. 37.
[550] Carbunculus.
[551] Cicero. De Div., B. ii. 201, Aristotle, Polit. B. i. c. 7, and Diogenes Laertius tell this story of Thales the philosopher; Pliny being the only one that applies it to Democritus.
[552] In the last Chapter. This passage is corrupt.
[553] Mentioned by Seneca, Ep. 59.
[554] It was reserved for the latter part of the last century to discover that mildew operated on vegetation through the medium of minute, parasitical fungi. It is mostly attributed to defects in the light or the atmosphere, or else humidity in excess. See c. [44] of this Book.