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for ambling, became the steed of Mânûskihar. 20. Among goats are the ass-goat, the Arab, the fawn (variko), the roe, and the mountain goat. 21. Among martens are the white ermine, the black marten, the squirrel, the beaver (kha z), and others. 22. Of musk animals with a bag, one is the Bishmusk—which eats the Bish poison and does not die through it, and it is created for the great advantage that it should eat the Bish, and less of it should succeed in poisoning the creatures, and one is a musk animal of a black colour which they desired (ayûfto) who were bitten by the fanged serpentas the serpent of the mountain water-courses (mako) is called—which is numerous on the river-banks; one throws the same unto it for food, which it eats, and then the serpent enters its body, when his serpent, at the time this happens, feeds upon the same belly in which the serpent is, and he will become clear from that malady. 23. Among birds two were produced of a different character from the rest, and those are the griffon bird and the bat, which have teeth in the mouth, and suckle their young with animal milk from the teat.
24. This is the fifth contest, as to animals.
CHAPTER X. 1. As he (Aharman) came sixthly to Gâyðmard there was arrayed against him, with Gâyömard, the
This appears to be the meaning here of amat zak garsako, but the whole sentence is a fair sample of Dad-sparam's most involved style of writing. By feeding the black musk animal with snakes the effect of a snake bite, experienced by the feeder, is supposed to be neutralized.
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