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[3] Ora lacus ne corrumpantur violentia restagnantis undae, quae semper induere debet, opere signino consternuntur, eaque non in gradus oportet erigi, sed paulatim clivo subsidere, ut tamquam e litore descendatur in aquam. Solum autem stagni per circuitum, quod sit instar modi totius duarum partium, lapidibus inculcatis ac 1tectorio muniendum est, ne possit herbas evomere, praebeatque nantibus aquae 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 [p. 398]
3 pinguescunt etiam maiores. Nam tenerrima pullities Schneider: pinguescunt etiam patriminam pullities SA: pinguescunt etiam propter nimiam pullutiem (pollicicm c) a.
4 opima edd.: optima codd.
5 phalerides edd.: plargides S: philagrides ac: om. A.
6 media ac: medio SA.
7 longitudini edd.: longitudinis codd.
8 loci ac: locis SA.
9 ac ac: ad SA.
10 ad quam a aquae c: aquam S: ad aquam A. a The text of this passage is undoubtedly corrupt. Schneider's restoration certainly gives the right sense, since
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. On Agriculture, Volume 2. E.S. Forster. Edward H. Heffner. London. Cambridge. William Heinemann; Harvard University. 1954. Keyboarding.
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