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exposed to those between the summer and winter
risings of the sun, and to those opposite to these.
Those that lie towards the risings of the sun are
likely to be healthier than those facing the north
and those exposed to the hot winds, even though
they be but a furlong apart. In the first place, the
heat and the cold are more moderate. Then the
waters that face the risings of the sun must be clear,
sweet-smelling, soft and delightful, in such a city.
For the sun, shining down upon them when it rises,
purifies them. The persons of the inhabitants are
of better complexion and more blooming than elsewhere,
unless some disease prevents this. They
are clear-voiced, and with better temper and intelligence
than those who are exposed to the north,
just as all things growing there are better. A city
so situated is just like spring, because the heat and
the cold are tempered ; the diseases, while resembling
those which we said occur in cities facing the
hot winds, are both fewer and less severe. The
women there very readily conceive and have easy
deliveries.
PART 6
VI. Such are the conditions in these cities. Those
that lie towards the settings of the sun, and are
