CHAP. 101. (9S.)—WONDERS OF THE SEA.
All seas are purified at the full moon [Note]; some also at stated
periods. At Messina and Mylæ refuse matter, like dung [Note],
is cast up on the shore, whence originated the story of the
oxen of the Sun having had their stable at that place. To
what has been said above (not to omit anything with which
I am acquainted) Aristotle adds, that no animal dies except
when the tide is ebbing. The observation has been often
made on the ocean of Gaul; but it has only been found true
with respect to man [Note].
