Kitap 2
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In the countries situated about 400 stadia south of the parallel of Alexandria and Cyrene, where the longest day consists of fourteen equinoctial hours, Arcturus passes the zenith, slightly declining towards the south. At Alexandria at the time of the equinox the proportion which the gnomon bears to the shadow is as five to seven.Kramer follows Gosselin in proposing to substitute τοͅία in place of ἑπτά. Thus they are south of Carthage 1300 stadia, that is, admitting that in Carthage at the time of the equinox the proportion which the gnomon bears to the shadow is as eleven to seven. This parallel on the one sideThe west side. passes by Cyrene and the regions 900 stadia south of Carthage as far as the midst of Maurusia;Algiers and Fez. and on the other sideThe eastern side. through Egypt,Lower Egypt is intended. Coelosyria, Upper Syria, Babylonia, Susiana,Khosistan. Persia,The modern province of Fars. Carmania,Kerman. Upper Gedrosia,Upper Mekran and India.
