Igitur cum tria genera sint a specie simplicia agrorum, campestre, collinum, montanum, et ex iis tribus quartum, ut in eo fundo haec duo aut tria sint, ut multis locis licet videre, e quibus tribus fastigiis simplicibus sine dubio infimis alia cultura aptior quam summis, quod haec calidiora quam summa, sic collinis, quod ea tepidiora quam infima aut summa; haec apparent magis ita esse in latioribus regionibus, simplicia cum sunt.
There are, then, with respect to the topography, three simple types of land'plain, hill, and mountain; though there is a fourth type consisting of a combination of these, as, for instance, on a farm which may contain two or three of those named, as may be seen in many places. Of these three simple types, undoubtedly a different system is applicable to the lowlands than to the mountains, because the former are hotter than the latter; and the same is true of hillsides, because they are more temperate than either the plains or the mountains. These qualities are more apparent in broad stretches, when they are uniform;
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