Note b — BOOK IX.
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Pliny having named divers Mirabilia Aquarum, to shew their Power; then proceeds to their Uses, viz. Eædem cadentes omnium terrâ nascentium causa fiunt, prorsus mirabili naturâ, siquis velit reputare, ut fruges gignantur, arbores fruticesque vivant, in cœlum migrare aquas, animamque etiam herbis vitalem inde deferre: justâ confessione, omnes terra quoque vires aquarum esse beneficii. Quapropter ante omnia ipsarum potentia exempla ponemus: Cunctas enim quis mortalium enamerare queat? And then he goes on with an Enumeration of some Waters famed for being medicinal, or some other unusual Quality. Plin. L. 31. c. 1. & 2.