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mischievous, more destructive to the folds than any other wolves. 4427.
VIII. 44 (124). “A dog has the characters of eight sorts of people :
He has the character of a priest, He has the character of a warrior, • He has the character of a husbandman, *He has the character of a strolling singer, • He has the character of a thief,
He has the character of a disu, 'He has the character of a courtezan,
He has the character of a child. 45 (126). 'He eats the refuse, like a priest?; he is easily satisfied”, like a priest; he is patient, like a priest; he wants only a small piece of bread, like a priest; in these things he is like unto a priest.
He marches in front, like a warrior; he fights for the beneficent cow, like a warrior 3; he goes first out of the house, like a warrior *; in these things he is like unto a warrior.
46 (135). He is watchful and sleeps lightly, like a husbandman; he goes first out of the house, like a husbandman”; he returns last into the house, like a husbandmano; in these things he is like unto a husbandman.
'He is fond of singing, like a strolling singer?;
"A wandering priest (see p. 161, n. 1). ? "Good treatment makes him joyous' (Comm.) 3.He keeps away the wolf and the thief' (Comm.) • This clause is, as it seems, repeated here by mistake from $ 46. • When taking the cattle out of the stables. • When bringing the cattle back to the stables. 7 The so-called Looris sed of nowadays.
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