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The Natural History of Pliny, Volume 2 (of 6)

Note 2880 — BOOK X. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BIRDS.

John Bostock translation

Pliny perhaps here uses the conjunction “vel” in the explanatory sense of “otherwise;” intending to distinguish Æthiopian Africa from the Roman province of that name.

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