THEOPHRASTUS 



ave^\d<nrj(Te' ra S' olov atreiTeaev. rjKiara 8' 

 ('0-0)9 ra Toiavra arorra Bia to ^av€pa<i ^x^iv ra^ 

 alrlat;, aWa jxaWov to /xt] e'/c tmv oIk€i,cov tottcov 

 (pepeiv TOv<; KapTrov<i rj firj olKeiov;' koI [xaXiaTa 8' 

 el T^? o\ri<i (pv(Tea)<; yiveTai, /xsTa^oX'^, Kaddirep 

 i^ixOrj. Trepl fiev ovv to, SivBpa ToiavTai 



Tive<i elcn ixeTa^dXai. 



IV. Tmv he dWwv to re cnavpL^piov eh jxiv- 

 6av SoKel fMera^dWeiv, iav firj KaTe^qTaL Ty 

 depaTTeia, hi o koX fieracjiVTevovcn iroWaKi'i, koX 

 6 'irvpo<i eh alpav. ravTU fiev ovv ev Toi<i hephpoLf; 

 avTOfidTco<;, etirep yiveTai. rd 8' iv rot? eVeTetoi? 

 hid irapaaKevr)<i' olov rj t/^t; kol r) ^eid yu-era- 

 ^dWovcriv eh irvpov idv iTTKrOeicai (rireipwvTai, 

 KoX tout' ovk evOv<i dWd tm t/jito) erei. cr^eSoi' 

 he irapaTrX^criov tovto ye Ta rd aireppuTa Kara 

 Ta? xcop^'^ fieTa/SdWeiv p,eTa^dWei yap kuI 

 TavTa Kad^ eKdaTrjv %(W/5ai' Kal crx^hov iv Tot ta(p 

 Xpovfp Kal T) Ti(f>r]. fieTajSdWovai he /cat oi 

 dypioL TTUpol Kal at KpiOal OepaTrevofievai Kal 

 i^rjfiepovfMevai Kard tov laov XPovov. 



Kal TavTa fiev eoiKe %o>pa9 Te jxeTa^oXy Kal 

 Oepaireia ylveaOat- Kal evia d/ji,(f)OTepoi<;, rd he Tjj 

 Oepaireia p^ovov olov 'rrp6<; to rd ocTrpia pr) yive- 

 aOai dTepdp,ova ^pe^avTa KeXevovaiv iv virpw 



^ o'lKelovs- /caiIconj.;o//c««oCTojUMV;oi/c«f&)sAld.H.;^oiAc<{Tas 

 conj. W. 2 J. ins. gch. ^ 2. 3. 1. 



* cf. 6. 7. 2 ; Plin. 19. 176. 



* i.e. to prevent the change which cultivated soil induces. 



