The great Aristotle was ftrangely confounded
when thofe affirm'd to him, that the Torrid Zone is fo far from
burning, as all Philofophical Schools believ'd, that 'tis rather too humid,
and is inhabited by abundance of People : but 'twas a Novelty to him fur-
paffing ail human Wonders, to hear that the Spring there is cold and rainy
when the Sun is perpendicular over the Country, and fhoots down his Rays
direft.
when thofe affirm'd to him, that the Torrid Zone is fo far from
burning, as all Philofophical Schools believ'd, that 'tis rather too humid,
and is inhabited by abundance of People : but 'twas a Novelty to him fur-
paffing ail human Wonders, to hear that the Spring there is cold and rainy
when the Sun is perpendicular over the Country, and fhoots down his Rays
direft.
Boccalini - 1611 - Advices from Parnassus, in two centuries, with the Political touchstone
