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 becaue it is fat, dene, and unctuous; whereas uch as are of a looer Texture, crumbling, dry, and without Fatnes, are fitter for their Ue; all which Properties the Melian, particularly that of Pharis, poees. There are, however, beide thee, in Melos and Samos both, many various kinds of Earths.

CIX. The Diggers in the Pits of Samos cannot tand upright at their