Ergo cum omnia flumina magnitudinibus in orbis terrarum descriptionibus a septentrione videantur profluere Afrique campi, qui sunt in meridianis partibus subiecti solis cursui, latentes penitus habent umores nec fontes crebros amnesque raros, relinquitur, uti multo meliora inveniantur capita fontium, quae ad septentrionem aut aquilonem spectant, nisi si inciderint in sulphurosum locum aut aluminosum seu bituminosum.
Since then all rivers of magnitude seem according to the descriptions of the world to flow from the north, and the plains of Africa, which are on the south subject to the suns course, have their moisture deeply hidden and few fountains or rivers, it remains that much better sources are found to the north and north-east, unless they come upon sulphur, alum or bitumen.
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