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"And justly so," I exclaimed, "for his farms are a more pleasing spectacle to many on account of their clean cultivation than the stately palaces of others; when one goes to visit his country place, one sees granaries and not picture galleries, as at the 'farm' of Lucullus. Indeed," I added, "the apple market at the head of the Sacred Way is the very image of Scrofa's fruit house."
"Now as to Scrofa's fourth consideration, that concerning the manner of buying: this is accomplished by delivery by the former owner to the purchaser. "The same stipulations as to health and against liability for tort are made as in the case of cattle, leaving out whatever is inapplicable to dogs.
But of dogs there are two kinds, hunting dogs, which are used against wild beasts and game, and herd dogs, which are used by the shepherd. I will discuss the latter methodically, following Scrofa's nine heads.
"There is a wonderful fact concerning goats which has been stated by certain ingenious shepherds and is even recorded in the book of Archelaus, namely, that they do not breathe through their nostrils, like other animals, but through their ears. "Upon Scrofa's four considerations which relate to the care of goats I have this to say.
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