THEOPHRASTUS 



atrtov f) SidOeaiS' Tore yap KOI ol fjirj 

 6%evovT<; Sfpwrt KOI ol dyovoi KOI al alyes oXa>9. 

 r) 8' 6%eia Tore fj,ev fjieyd\r)v pepiBa cru/A/SaXXerat, 

 /cad' avrrjv 8' aliia yiverai f) Bid@e(Ti,<;. 



63 2vfi,/3alvi Be rpoTTov iiva KOI ev aXXot? rj 

 Toiavrr) crvfjiTrdOeia' /cal yap 6 dlvos afj,a rfj 



.f) So/eel GvvavOelv /cal ra (T/copoSa /cal ra 

 Tore Bpi/jivrarov o^eiv, orav <ra> ev rfj 

 yfj pKacndvr)' 7T\r)V TOVTOIS afia avfji/Saivei /cal 

 aurot? P\ao-TdvLV. oX&)9 Be Trdvra /civeirat, 

 rd <j)\oi6pt,%a /cal (rap/copi^a fjirj d7rej;r)pa/*fJLva 

 /card ra? ySXacrr^T^/ca? wpa?- f] yap evvTrdp^ova-a 

 BvvafjLis ev avTol? /ctvelrai. Oav/Jiacn^raTov Be 



T&V TOIOVTWV TO eVl TOV (7T6aTO9 T?)? dp/CTOV 



(Tv/j,/3alvov, eiTrep d/jua rafc </)&)Xtat9 eiraiperai 

 /cal e/cir'X.rjpOL rd dyyela. 



64 XIV. Tt Bij Trore Arj/jio/cpiTos rou? fjiev 

 7T/005 rrjv yevaiv dTroBiBaxri, ra9 B' oo-yaa? /cal 



; eBei yap e/c rwv (j^^aTwv. r) TOVTO ye 



7T/?09 aTravra? KOLVOV; airavres ydp ol /JLCV 



1 i.e. to form a 'crust.' 2 T& ins. Sch. 



3 c/. .ff.P. 1. 6. 7. 



4 i.e. when the fat of the living bear becomes abnormally 

 developed. Plin. 8. 128. expresses his surprise at T.'s credulity 



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