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[5] pestem. Optime autem salubribus, ut dixi, locis ad orientem vel ad meridiem, gravibus ad septentrionem villa convertitur. Eademque semper mare recte conspicit, cum pulsatur ac fluctu respergitur, num- 1 2 3 4 [p. 62] quam ex ripa, sed haud paulum summota a litore.
1 repit, et Lundstrōm.: repet SAR: repit vulgo.
2 dummodo (vel dumodo) R, edd. ante Lundstrōm.
3 profluente R plerique, edd. ante Lundström.
4 quom vel cum R et multi edd., ut saepe. a Cf. Palladius, I. 17. 4, nam caelestis aqua ad bibendum omnibus antefertur. So by most authors rain-water was considered most wholesome. b The common advice of all authorities.
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. On Agriculture, Volume 1. Harrison Boyd Ash. London. Cambridge. William Heinemann; Harvard University. 1940. Keyboarding.
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