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18.90 CHAP. 90.—PROGNOSTICS DERIVED FROM FOOD.

At our repasts, too, and upon our tables, when we see the vessels sweat in which the viands are served, and leave marks upon the side-board, [Note] it is an indication that a dreadful storm is impending.

SUMMARY.—Remarkable facts, narratives, and observations, two thousand and sixty.

ROMAN AUTHORS QUOTED.—Massurius Sabinus, [Note] Cassius Hemina, [Note] Verrius Flaccus, [Note] L. Piso, [Note] Cornelius Celsus, [Note] Turranius Gracilis, [Note] D. Silanus, [Note] M. Varro, [Note] Cato the Censor, [Note] Scrofa, [Note] the Sasernœ, [Note] father and son, Domitius Calvinus, [Note]

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Hyginus, [Note] Virgil, [Note] Trogus, [Note] Ovid, [Note] Græcinus, [Note] Columella, [Note] Tubero, [Note] L. Tarutius, [Note] who wrote in Greek on the Stars, Cæsar [Note] the Dictator, who wrote upon the Stars, Sergins Paulus, [Note] Sabinus Fabianus, [Note] M. Cicero, [Note] Calpurnius Bassus, [Note] Ateius Capito, [Note] Mamilius Sura, [Note] Attius, [Note] who wrote the Praxidica.

FOREIGN AUTHORS QUOTED.—Hesiod, [Note] Theophrastus, [Note] Aristotle, [Note] Democritus, [Note] King Hiero, [Note] King Attalus Philometor, [Note] King Archelaüs, [Note] Archytas, [Note] Xenophon, [Note] Amphilochus [Note] of

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Athens, Anaxipolis [Note] of Thasos, Aristophanes [Note] of Miletus, Apollodorus [Note] of Lemnos, Antigonus [Note] of Cymæ, Agathocles [Note] of Chios, Apollonius [Note] of Pergamus, Aristander [Note] of Athens, Bacchius [Note] of Miletus, Bion [Note] of Soli, Chæreas [Note] of Athens, Chæristus [Note] of Athens, Diodorus [Note] of Priene, Dion [Note] of Colophon, Epigenes [Note] of Rhodes, Euagon [Note] of Thasos, Euphronius [Note] of Athens, Androtion [Note] who wrote on Agriculture, Æschrion [Note] who wrote on Agriculture, Lysimachus [Note] who wrote on Agriculture, Dionysius [Note] who translated Mago, Diophanes [Note] who made an Epitome from Dionysius, Thales, [Note] Eudoxus, [Note] Philippus, [Note] Calippus, [Note] Dositheus, [Note] Parmeniscus, [Note] Meton, [Note] Criton, [Note]

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Œnopides, [Note] Zenon, [Note] Euctemon, [Note] Harpalus, [Note] Hecatæus, [Note] Anaximander, [Note] Sosigenes, [Note] Hipparchus, [Note] Aratus, [Note] Zoroaster, [Note] Archibius. [Note]

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BOOK XIX. THE NATURE AND CULTIVATION OF FLAX, AND AN ACCOUNT OF VARIOUS GARDEN PLANTS.


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