Note 1862 — Chapter VI · PASTORAL LIFE.
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Diog. Laert. vi. 41. The practice is noticed also by Pliny who says,—“Ovium summa genera duo, tectum et colonicum; illiud mollius, hoc in pascuo delicatius, quippe quum tectum rubis vescatur. Operimenta ei ex Arabicis præcipua.” Nat. Hist. viii. 72. Columella also mentions these coverings:—“Molle vero pecus, etiam velamen quo protegitur, amittit atque id non parvo sumptu reparatur.”reparatur.” vii. 3, seq.