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 5 opvecov e^ei rov avrov rpoirov. errl 8e roiv daXar- 

 ricov ovdev d^ioXoyov ecoparat, hoKovai Se judAtara 



" ^ T6 P : om. vulg. ^ aweyyv? SZ* : iyyvs vulg. 



=• Btf. ; vid. p. 563. 



o C/. H.A. 607 a 4 ff. " they say too that the ' Indian dog ' 

 is the offspring of a tiger and a bitch ; not the first cross, 

 but the offspring at the third generation." There seems to 



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