. The universal anthology ; a collection of the best literature, ancient, mediaeval and modern, with biographical and explanatory notes. stens to nothing idly must know thatthe dolphin is the enemy of the whale, the sea bass of themullet, lampreys to congers, and still others to others. The Hy^na. The hyaena, so Aristotle says, has a soporific power in itsright paw, and creates a stupor by its touch alone. Anyway, itoften enters stables when the attendant happens to be asleep,approaches stealthily, and puts its soporific paw, so to speak,to his nose ; so that he can be dragged about and suffoc
. The universal anthology ; a collection of the best literature, ancient, mediaeval and modern, with biographical and explanatory notes. stens to nothing idly must know thatthe dolphin is the enemy of the whale, the sea bass of themullet, lampreys to congers, and still others to others. The Hy^na. The hyaena, so Aristotle says, has a soporific power in itsright paw, and creates a stupor by its touch alone. Anyway, itoften enters stables when the attendant happens to be asleep,approaches stealthily, and puts its soporific paw, so to speak,to his nose ; so that he can be dragged about and suffocatedmore and more, and seems to be insensible. And it roots upthe ground with its head so as to make a hole large enough forhim, and his throat appears supine and naked ; then the hysenagrasps him, and strangles him, and drags him to its hole. Andit puts an end to dogs in the same way. And whenever themoon is full, after it catches the radiance, it throws its shadowon the dogs, and silences them at once ; and having thrown aspell on them as if by poison [magic], it drags them awaysilenced, and does whatever it pleases with them. ^.
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