Note 226 — ARRIAN ON COURSING.
William Dansey translation
Ἄλλως τε καὶ ἀπορίᾳ γάλακτος. The want of this essential article of nutriment renders the winter objectionable for the rearing of whelps; but its abundance in the spring gives to this season an additional claim:
Nemesian. Cyneg. vs. 158.
passim nam lactis abundans Tempus adest, albent plenis et ovilia mulctris.