Chapter XXXIX.—Imitation of an Earthquake.
The sensation of an earthquake they cause in such a way, as that all things seem set in motion; ordure of a weasel burned with a magnet upon coals (has this effect).251 There is a hiatus here.
[39] Σεισμοῦ δὲ φαντασίαν ποιοῦσιν, ὡς δοκεῖν πάντα κινεῖσθαι, [τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον]: κόπρον ἰχνεύμονος ἅμα τῇ σιδηραγωγούσῃ λίθῳ ἐπ' ἀνθράκων πυρουμένην [**]