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

Note 346 — BOOK XXXII.1 REMEDIES DERIVED FROM AQUATIC ANIMALS.

John Bostock translation

This seems to be the meaning of “naturâ dissidente,” if it is the correct reading. That, however, suggested by Dalechamps would seem to be preferable, “naturâ retinente,”—“it being the nature of its flesh to cling to the knife.”

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