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Arrian on coursing

Note 112 — ARRIAN ON COURSING.

William Dansey translation

Ἄμεινον δὲ εἰ καὶ ξηρᾷ τῇ τροφῇ χαίροιεν. Hounds readily support themselves with dry oat or wheat meal. Maza is variously interpreted—flour mixed with oil and water, and flour beat up with milk:

Savary Alb. Dianæ Leporicid. L. iii. p. 31.

Hordea quotidiana illis sint pabula; avenam Si mediam addideris, sic sponte resolvitur alvus. In panem coquit ille, cavo hic in robore caldâ Digerit in pultem, lambendaque cœna paratur. Nec durum sit sæpe tibi, quâ luce quietem Artemidi debes, illos recreare calenti Jure, minutatim scissis è vilibus extis: Currentem, ilignisve bibant in vasibus undam.

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