Note 1150 — Chapter I · THE VILLA AND THE FARMYARD.
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Phile applies the same observation to the elephant:
Ὕδωρ δὲ πίνει πλῆθος ἄφθονον πάνυ·
Πλὴν οὐ καθαρὸν, καὶ διειδὲς οὐ θέλει,
Ἀλλ’ οὖν ῥυπαρὸν καὶ κατεσπιλωμένον.
Iamb. de Animal. Proprietat. c. 39. p. 56, 165, seq.