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And it is for this reason that venders of drugs and simples hold the substance
in high request and include it among their stores.
If an ass cover a mare after the mare has been covered by a horse, the ass
will destroy the previously formed embryo.
(Horse-trainers do not appoint a horse as leader to a troop, as herdsmen
appoint a bull as leader to a herd, and for this reason that the horse is not
steady but quick-tempered and skittish.)
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The ass of both sexes is capable of breeding, and sheds its first teeth at the
age of two and a half years; it sheds its second teeth within six months, its
third within another six months, and the fourth after the like interval. These
fourth teeth are termed the gnomons or age-indicators.
A she-ass has been known to conceive when a year old, and the foal to be
reared. After intercourse with the male it will discharge the genital sperm
unless it be hindered, and for this reason it is usually beaten after such
intercourse and chased about. It casts its young in the twelfth month. It
usually bears but one foal, and that is its natural number, occasionally
however it bears twins. The ass if it cover a mare destroys, as has been said,
the embryo previously begotten by the horse; but, after the mare has been
covered by the ass, the horse supervening will not spoil the embryo. The she-
ass has milk in the tenth month of pregnancy. Seven days after casting a foal
the she-ass submits to the male, and is almost sure to conceive if put to the
male on this particular day; the same result, however, is quite possible later
on. The she-ass will refuse to cast her foal with any one looking on or in the
daylight and just before foaling she has to be led away into a dark place. If the
she-ass has had young before the shedding of the index-teeth, she will bear all
her life through; but if not, then she will neither conceive nor bear for the rest
of her days. The ass lives for more than thirty years, and the she-ass lives
longer than the male.
When there is a cross between a horse and a she-ass or a jackass and a
mare, there is much greater chance of a miscarriage than where the commerce
is normal. The period for gestation in the case of a cross depends on the male,
and is just what it would have been if the male had had commerce with a
female of his own kind. In regard to size, looks, and vigour, the foal is more
apt to resemble the mother than the sire. If such hybrid connexions be
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Table of contents
- 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