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general way one may put it that they do so when they are out of puppyhood.
The bitch squats down when she voids urine; it is a rare exception that she
lifts the leg to do so. The bitch bears twelve pups at the most, but usually five
or six; occasionally a bitch will bear one only. The bitch of the Laconian
breed generally bears eight. The two sexes have intercourse with each other at
all periods of life. A very remarkable phenomenon is observed in the case of
the Laconian hound: in other words, he is found to be more vigorous in
commerce with the female after being hard-worked than when allowed to live
idle.
The dog of the Laconian breed lives ten years, and the bitch twelve. The
bitch of other breeds usually lives for fourteen or fifteen years, but some live
to twenty; and for this reason certain critics consider that Homer did well in
representing the dog of Ulysses as having died in his twentieth year. With the
Laconian hound, owing to the hardships to which the male is put, he is less
long-lived than the female; with other breeds the distinction as to longevity is
not very apparent, though as a general rule the male is the longer-lived.
The dog sheds no teeth except the so-called ‘canines’; these a dog of either
sex sheds when four months old. As they shed these only, many people are in
doubt as to the fact, and some people, owing to their shedding but two and its
being hard to hit upon the time when they do so, fancy that the animal sheds
no teeth at all; others, after observing the shedding of two, come to the
conclusion that the creature sheds the rest in due turn. Men discern the age of
a dog by inspection of its teeth; with young dogs the teeth are white and sharp
pointed, with old dogs black and blunted.
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The bull impregnates the cow at a single mount, and mounts with such
vigour as to weigh down the cow; if his effort be unsuccessful, the cow must
be allowed an interval of twenty days before being again submitted. Bulls of
mature age decline to mount the same cow several times on one day, except,
by the way, at considerable intervals. Young bulls by reason of their vigour
are enabled to mount the same cow several times in one day, and a good many
cows besides. The bull is the least salacious of male animals… . The victor
among the bulls is the one that mounts the females; when he gets exhausted
by his amorous efforts, his beaten antagonist sets on him and very often gets
the better of the conflict. The bull and the cow are about a year old when it is
possible for them to have commerce with chance of offspring: as a rule,
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Part 1; Logic (Organon) 3
- Categories 4
- On Interpretation 34
- Prior Analytics, Book I 56
- Prior Analytics, Book II 113
- Posterior Analytics, Book I 149
- Posterior Analytics, Book II 193
- Topics, Book I 218
- Topics, Book II 221
- Topics, Book III 237
- Topics, Book IV 248
- Topics, Book V 266
- Topics, Book VI 291
- Topics, Book VII 317
- Topics, Book VIII 326
- On Sophistical Refutations 348
- Part 2; Universal Physics 396
- Physics, Book I 397
- Physics, Book II 415
- Physics, Book III 432
- Physics, Book IV 449
- Physics, Book V 481
- Physics, Book VI 496
- Physics, Book VII 519
- Physics, Book VIII 533
- On the Heavens, Book I 570
- On the Heavens, Book II 599
- On the Heavens, Book III 624
- On the Heavens, Book IV 640
- On Generation and Corruption, Book I 651
- On Generation and Corruption, Book II 685
- Meteorology, Book I 707
- Meteorology, Book II 733
- Meteorology, Book III 760
- Meteorology, Book IV 773
- Part 3; Human Physics 795
- On the Soul, Book I 796
- On the Soul, Book II 815
- On the Soul, Book III 840
- On Sense and the Sensible 861
- On Memory and Reminiscence 889
- On Sleep and Sleeplessness 899
- On Dreams 909
- On Prophesying by Dreams 918
- On Longevity and the Shortness of Life 923
- On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 929
- Part 4; Animal Physics 952
- The History of Animals, Book I 953
- The History of Animals, Book II translated 977
- The History of Animals, Book III 1000
- The History of Animals, Book IV 1029
- The History of Animals, Book V 1056
- The History of Animals, Book VI 1094
- The History of Animals, Book VII 1135
- The History of Animals, Book VIII 1150
- The History of Animals, Book IX 1186
- On the Parts of Animals, Book I 1234
- On the Parts of Animals, Book II 1249
- On the Parts of Animals, Book III 1281
- On the Parts of Animals, Book IV 1311
- On the Motion of Animals 1351
- On the Gait of Animals 1363
- On the Generation of Animals, Book I 1381
- On the Generation of Animals, Book II 1412
- On the Generation of Animals, Book III 1444
- On the Generation of Animals, Book IV 1469
- On the Generation of Animals, Book V 1496
- Part 5; Metaphysics 1516
- Part 6; Ethics and Politics 1748
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book I 1749
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book II 1766
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book III 1779
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IV 1799
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book V 1817
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VI 1836
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VII 1851
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII 1872
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book IX 1890
- Nicomachean Ethics, Book X 1907
- Politics, Book I 1925
- Politics, Book II 1943
- Politics, Book III 1970
- Politics, Book IV 1997
- Politics, Book V 2023
- Politics, Book VI 2053
- Politics, Book VII 2065
- Politics, Book VIII 2091
- The Athenian Constitution 2102
- Part 7; Aesthetic Writings 2156