104. Why the sea is salt _ib._ 105. Where the sea is the deepest 130 106. The wonders of fountains and rivers 131 107. The wonders of fire and water united 138 108. Of Maltha 138 109. Of naphtha 139 110. Places which are always burning _ib._ 111. Wonders of fire alone 141 112. The dimensions of the earth 143 113. The harmonical proportion of the universe 147 BOOK III. AN ACCOUNT OF COUNTRIES, NATIONS, SEAS, TOWNS, HAVENS, MOUNTAINS, RIVERS, DISTANCES, AND PEOPLES WHO NOW EXIST OR FORMERLY EXISTED. Introduction 151 1. The boundaries and gulfs of Europe first set forth in a general way 153 2. Of Spain generally _ib._ 3. Of Bætica 154 4. Of Nearer Spain 164 5. Of the province of Gallia Narbonensis 174 6. Of Italy 180 7. Of the ninth region of Italy 184 8. The seventh region of Italy 186 9. The first region of Italy; the Tiber; Rome 191 10. The third region of Italy 207 11. Sixty-four islands, among which are the Baleares 210 12. Corsica 213 13. Sardinia 215 14. Sicily 216 15. Magna Græcia, beginning at Locri 222 16. The second region of Italy 225 17. The fourth region of Italy 231 18. The fifth region of Italy 235 19. The sixth region of Italy 237 20. The eighth region of Italy; the Padus 241 21. The eleventh region of Italy; Italia Transpadana 246 22. The tenth region of Italy 248 23. Istria, its people and locality 251 24. The Alps, and the Alpine nations 254 25. Liburnia and Illyricum 257 26. Dalmatia 259 27. The Norici 262 28. Pannonia 263