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676 a jLtet^ocrt Kal vrjarevaauLV dAA' ovk iSrjSoKOcnv' t6t€ 

 yap Srj^ olov^ fieTalxf-itov yiverai rcov tottcuv diJi(f)0- 

 repcxjv, ihrjhoKOTCov he fXLKpo? 6 Katpo? rrjs /lera- 

 ^oXrjs. rots [jL€V ovv drjXeoL^ yiverai ottov av rvxij 

 5 Tov dvo) Ivripov rj vtjotls' ol 8* dppeves* exovGL irpo 

 rov rv(f)Xov Kal rrj<^ Karoj KotAta?. 



XV. "Kxovai Se TTjv Ka\ovp.ev7]v TTveriav rd jj-ev 

 TToXuKolXia Trdvra, rcov Se pLOvoKoiXicxJV haGVirovs. 

 ex^i Se rd exovra tojv ttoXvkolXlojv ttjv TTveriav ovr 

 iv rfj fjLeydXrj KoiXia ovr iv ro) K€Kpv(f)dXcp ovr* iv 



10 to) reXevratci) ro) rjvvarpcp, aAA* iv rw jLtera^u rov 

 reXevraiov Kal \hvof tcjv TTpcjrcov, iv rep /caAou- 

 }ievcp ixivcp. e;^et Se ravra Trdvra TTveriav hid rrjv 

 7TaxvrT]ra rod ydXaKros' rd 8e fiovoKoiXia ovk 

 e^et, XeTTrov ydp rd ydXa ra)v {jlovokolXlojv. Slo 

 rcov {lev Keparocf)6pcov Tnjyvurai, rojv 8' aKepdrcjv 



15 ov TT-qyvvrai ro ydXa. rep 8e 8acru7roSt yiverai 

 TTveria 8td rd vepLeodai ottcoSt] iroav 6 ydp roiov- 

 ros x^i^os" CTvvLorrjcnv iv rfj KoiXia rd ydXa roZs 

 ipL^pvoLS. SiorL 8e rcov ttoXvkolXlojv iv rep ix^^^ 

 yiveraL rj TTveria, e'lprjraL iv rols TTpo^X-qpLaaLV. 



^ 817 Z : 17877 vulg-. 



2 olov PZ, om. vulg. 



' ^T^Aeai] TeAet'ots Z : TrXeloat. Piatt. 



* dppeves] Kvves Piatt. 



^ [8uo] secludendum. 



" This seems to mean that \vhen the animal is fastinp: the 

 two receptacles do not bulge, and so the jejunum is visible ; 

 and though alter the animal lias fed you might expect to see 

 the jejunum^ because it should be full of food which is being 



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