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XXXI.—Method of Poisoning Goats.
And if one smear243
the ears of goats over with cerate, they
say that they expire a little afterwards, by having their breathing
obstructed. For this to them is the way—as these
affirm—of their drawing their breath in an act of
respiration. And a ram, they assert, dies,244
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The words “death of a goat” occur on the margin of
the ms. | if one bends back (its neck)245
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similar statement is made, on the authority of Alcmæon, by
Aristotle in his Histor. Animal., i. 2. | opposite the sun. And they accomplish
the burning of a house, by daubing it over with the juice of a certain
fish called dactylus. And this effect, which it has by
reason of the sea-water, is very useful. Likewise foam of the
ocean is boiled in an earthen jar along with some sweet ingredients;
and if you apply a lighted candle to this while in a seething state, it
catches the fire and is consumed; and (yet though the mixture) be
poured upon the head, it does not burn it at all. If, however,
you also smear it over with heated resin,246
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Μαννῇ is
the word in the text. But manna in the ordinary acceptation of
the term can scarcely be intended. Pliny, however, mentions it as
a proper name of grains of incense and resin. The Abbe Cruice
suggests the very probable emendation of μάλθῃ, which signifies a
mixture of wax and resin for caulking ships. | it is consumed far more effectually.
But he accomplishes his object better still, if also he takes some
sulphur.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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