[2961] A singular quality in a goose. Ælian says, that Lacydes was a peripatetic philosopher, and that he honoured the goose with splendid obsequies, when it died.
[2962] See B. viii. c. [77]. Horace also mentions that they were fattened with figs.
[2963] “Lacte mulso.” Perhaps honey, wine, and milk.
[2964] In Gaul. See B. iv. c. 31.
[2965] “Gans” is still the German name. Hence our word “gander.”
[2966] This medicament is further treated of in B. xxix. c. 13.
[2967] “The Commagenian mixture.” For Commagene, see B. v. cc. 13 and 20.
[2968] The “goose-fox,” so called, according to Ælian, for its cunning and mischievous qualities; and worshipped by the Egyptians for its affection for its young. It is supposed by Cuvier to be the Anas Ægyptiaca of Buffon.
[2969] The Anas clypeata of Buffon, according to Cuvier.
[2970] The Tetrao tetrix of Linnæus, or heathcock.