fecundiora igitur nemora lucosque sicut Orientis secretis, ubi tura balsamaque sudantur, ita Occidentis insulis terrisque inesse crediderim, quae vicini solis radiis expressa atque liquentia in proximum mare labuntur ac vi tempestatum  in adversa litora exundant.
I should suppose therefore that, just as in the secluded places of the East, where frankincense and balsam are exuded, so in the islands and lands of the West there are groves and glades more than ordinarily luxuriant: these are tapped and liquefied by the rays of the sun, as it approaches, and ooze into the nearest sea, whence by the force of tempests they are stranded on the shores opposite:
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