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is to be paid (in case of eviction), or, if such has 

 been the agreement, only the amount paid. 



In the day time the shepherds of each separate 

 flock should feed by themselves, in the evening all 

 those who are under one chief shepherd should eat 

 together at the evening meal. The chief must see 

 that all the implements needed by the flock and 

 shepherds accompany them, especially those which 

 are necessary for the feeding of the men and for the 

 medical treatment of the sheep. For this purpose 

 owners keep pack animals, some using mares, 

 others some other animal instead, which can carry 

 a load on its back. 



6 As to the breeding of men : there is no difficulty 

 with the shepherd who remains permanently on the 

 farm, as he has a female slave as mate in the farm- 

 buildings, for the Venus of shepherds looks no 

 further afield than this. Those however who feed 

 their flocks in forest glades and places in the woods, 

 and find shelter from storms not in a farmhouse but 

 in hastily built huts, are with advantage, as many 

 people think, given women who can follow the 

 flocks, prepare the shepherds' victuals and keep the 



7 men from roving. But these women must be able- 

 bodied and not uncomely. In many districts they 



to acquire legal ownership by usucapion (undisturbed posses- 

 sion for a year). 



But, in case the title was bad, the purchaser, before the year 

 was out, might be compelled to cede the thing to the proper 

 owner, and would have no immediate legal remedy against the 

 vendor. Hence the necessity when a slave was not sold by 

 mancipation for the stipulation given here by Varro. 



