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10 TTOvde /cat ro rcjv lxOvojv Kal ra jLtaAa/cta re /cat 



TO, ourpeia. ra yap jLtopta Sta</)epor;crt tovtojv ov 



rrj dvdXoyov oiiolottjtl, olov ev dvdpcoTrci) Kal i-)(dvL 



7T€.7Tov9ev oGTOvv TTpos OLKavOav, dXXd fidXXov rot? 



GcofjLaTLKoXs ndOeaLV, olov jjueyedei pLLKponqri, /xaAa- 



16 KorrjTL UKXriponqTiy XeioT-qri rpa-)(yrr]TL Kal roZs 

 TOLOVTOiSi oXojg 8e to) /xaAAov /cat rjrTOV. 



nto? /xev ovv diTohex^Gd ai Set Tr]v nepl ^ucreca? 

 jjLedoSov, Kal TLva rponov yivoir^ dv rj deojpua rrepl 

 avrayv oSoj Kal pacrra, ert be irepl Siaipeaecjos, riva 

 rpoTTOV ivbex^rai pLerLovcn Xafx^dveLv xPV^^t^^^y '^^'' 



20 Stort TO Sixorofielv rfj pikv dhvvarov rfj 8e K€v6v, 

 elpr]Tai. hLOjpLGfJLevcov Se tovtojv irepl ra)v i(f)€^7Js 

 Xeyojfxev, dpxr]V riqvhe TTotrjudpievoL. 



V. Toil' ovGidJv ooai (f)V(J€i ovveGTaai, rds fxev 

 (Xeyo[JL€vy^ dyev^Tovs Kal dcfjOdprov? elvai rov 

 aTTavra alcova, rag Se jj.erex^t'V yeveueojs Kal 



25 (f)dopds. ovfjLJ3el3rjKe Se nepl fiev eKeivas Tt/xta? 

 ovaag Kal 9eias iXdrrovs rjjjLlv vTrdpx^tv deajpias 

 (/cat yap i^ aJv dv rts" OKeipairo irepl avrcov, Kal 

 TTcpl Sv etSeVat rroOovfJieVy TravreXco? iarlv oXiya rd 

 (fyavepd Kara rr]v aLuOrjaLv), rrepl he rd)v (f)dapTd)v 

 <f)vrdjv re Kal t^ojcxjv eviropovfjiev fiaXXov irpos rrjv 



80 yvchoiv hid rd Grvvrpo(f)OV' ttoAAo. ydp rrepl eKaarov 

 yevos Xd^oL rt? dv rwv VTrapxdvrojv jiovXopievos 

 hiaiToveZv CKavcog. ex^i S* eKdrepa xdpiv. rcov fiev 

 ydp el Kal /caret fiCKpov ecfyaTTrofieda, o/xcos" hud rr]V 



^ (Xeyofiev) Peek. 



*• Lit., " softies." The group includes, roughly, the 

 cephalopod moUusca. 



" Lit., " oysters " (bivalves). 



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