ABSTRACT
They ufe alfo to cover their throa t and neck with large broad collars, pricked through with nails, fo r elfe if the wilde beaft bite them in thofe places, t he D o g is eafily kil led: but being bitten a t any o ther place he quickly avoideth the wound. T h e love of fuch t o the Cat te l they keep is very great, efpecially t o S h e e p ; fo r when Fublius Aufidiusfmtiaws, bought certain flocks of Sheep in t he f a r the f t par t of Vmbria, and brought Shepherds with him t o drive them h o m e ; with w h o m the dogs went along unto Heraclea, and the Uetapontine coafts,where the drovers left t he C a t t e l ; th« D o g s for love of the Sheep yet continued and attended them,wi thout regard of any man, and fo r - raged in the fields for Rats and Mice to eat , untill at length they grew weary and lean, and fo r e t u r -
back again u n t o Vmbm alone, without t h e c o n d u f i of men, to their firft Matters, being many
Strabo.
