[18] ·039 inch.—Translator’s Note.
[19] Voyage autour de ma chambre (1795).—Translator’s Note.
[20] Sérignan, in Provence, is the author’s birth-place.—Translator’s
Note.
[21] ·78 inch.—Translator’s Note.
[22] ·78 inch.—Translator’s Note.
[23] About 61 cubic inches.—Translator’s Note.
[24] Over 39 inches.—Translator’s Note.
[25] 11 to 12 inches.—Translator’s Note.
[26] 7½ to 8 inches.—Translator’s Note.
[27] ·27 to ·31 × ·15 inch.—Translator’s Note.
[28] François Huber (1750–1831), the Swiss naturalist. He early became
blind from excessive study and conducted his scientific work thereafter
with the aid of his wife.—Translator’s Note.
[29] 1½ inches.—Translator’s Note.
[30] 4 inches.—Translator’s Note.
[31] The Vocontii inhabited the Viennaise, between the Allobroges on
the north, the Caturiges and the estates of King Cottius on the east,
the Cavares on the west, and the Memini and Vulgientes on the south.
Vasio (Vocontia), now Vaison, was their capital.—Translator’s Note.
[32] From Massalia, the ancient name of Marseilles, of which Phocæa, in
Asia Minor, was the mother city.—Translator’s Note.
[33] Nemansus, the Latin name of Nîmes.—Translator’s Note.
[34] ·2 inch.—Translator’s Note.
[35] 3 to 3½ inches.—Translator’s Note.
[36] ·35 inch.—Translator’s Note.
[37] ·15 inch.—Translator’s Note.
[38] ·35 increased to ·55 inch.—Translator’s Note.
[39] ·15 increased to ·235 or ·275 inch.—Translator’s Note.
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