29. The Parthian Empire 68 30. Mesopotamia 70 31. The Tigris 75 32. Arabia 82 33. The Gulfs of the Red Sea 91 34. Troglodytice 93 35. Æthiopia 97 36. Islands of the Æthiopian Sea 105 37. The Fortunate Islands 107 38. The comparative distances of places on the face of the earth 108 39. Division of the earth into parallels and shadows of equal length 110 BOOK VII. MAN, HIS BIRTH, HIS ORGANIZATION, AND THE INVENTION OF THE ARTS. 1. Man 117 2. The wonderful forms of different nations 122 3. Marvellous births 135 4. The generation of man; the unusual duration of pregnancy; instances of it from seven to twelve months 139 5. Indications of the sex of the child during the pregnancy of the mother 141 6. Monstrous births 142 7. Of those who have been cut out of the womb 143 8. Who were called Vopisci 144 9. The conception and generation of man _ib._ 10. Striking instances of resemblance 145 11. What men are suited for generation. Instances of very numerous offspring 148 12. At what age generation ceases 150 13. Remarkable circumstances connected with the menstrual discharge _ib._ 14. The theory of generation 153 15. Some account of the teeth, and some facts concerning infants _ib._ 16. Examples of unusual size 155 17. Children remarkable for their precocity 158 18. Some remarkable properties of the body _ib._ 19. Instances of extraordinary strength 160 20. Instances of remarkable agility 161 21. Instances of acuteness of sight 162 22. Instances of remarkable acuteness of hearing 163 23. Instances of endurance of pain 164 24. Memory _ib._