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CHAP. 7.—WATERS PREVENTIVE OF ABORTION.

The waters of Thespiæ1 ensure conception to females; the same, too, with those of the river Elatus2 in Arcadia. The spring Linus,3 also in Arcadia, acts as a preservative of the fœtus, and effectually prevents abortion. The waters of the river Aphrodisius, on the other hand, in the territory of Pyrrhsæa,4 are productive of sterility.

1 See 13. iv. c. 2.

2 Pausanias calls it the "Elaphus."

3 Isidorus, in his "Origines," calls it the "Lechnus."

4 In Thessaly, probably, according to Stephanus Byzantinus.

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