Note 1 — Chapter VII · MINOTAURUS TYPHŒUS: MORALITY

The Minotaur works exclusively with Sheep-droppings; for the purposes of his family, he needs them dry, toughened to the consistency of horn by long exposure to the sun. This choice seems very strange, when we remember that other stercoral collectors insist upon fresh products. The Sacred Beetle, the Copris, the Onthophagus:1 not one of these, nor any of the others, cares for this sort of provender. All, whether large or small, whether modellers of pears or manufacturers of sausages, absolutely require plastic materials, retaining their full flavour.