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25.44 CHAP. 44.—THE HIPPACE: THREE REMEDIES.

The hippace, [Note] another plant that grows in Scythia, is possessed of similar properties: it owes [Note] its name to the circumstance that it produces the like effect upon horses. By the aid of these two plants, the Scythæ, they say, are enabled to endure hunger and thirst, so long as twelve days even.



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