[1095]. Cf. Vict. Var. Lect. p. 891.
[1096]. Geop. xiv. 22. Varro. iii. 10. Colum. viii. 14.
[1097]. Poll. ix. 16. Heresbach. De Re Rust. lib. iv. p. 285. a.
[1098]. Cf. Pallad. i. 30. Plin. x. 79. Plaut. Trucul. ii. 1. 41.
[1099]. Ælian. De Nat. Anim. v. 29. This ingenious writer, anxious to remove from geese the reputation of folly, relates that, when traversing Mount Taurus, conscious of their disposition to cackling, they carry stones in their bills, and thus frequently escape the eagles which inhabit that lofty ridge of mountains. This the poet Phile undertakes to confirm in verse:—
Λίθον δὲ τῷ στόματι μὴ κλάγξῃ στέγων
Ὅνπερ καλοῦσι Ταῦρον, ἀμείβει πάγον
Τοὺς ἀετοὺς γὰρ φασὶ τοὺς χηνοσκόπους,
Ἐκεῖσε δεινῶς ἐλλοχᾷν πρὸ τοῦ ψύχους.
Iamb. De Animal. Proprietat. c. 15. p. 62.