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[4] optimus, tum etiam est utilissimus, quod ex eo plurimi fiunt, neque hic ex alio. Sunt etiam suapte natura pretio commendabiles 1pullus atque fuscus, quos praebent in Italia Pollentia, in Baetica Corduba. Nec minus Asia rutilos,2quos vocant ἐρυθραίους. Sed et alias varietates in hoc pecoris genere docuit usus exprimere. Nam cum in municipium Gaditanum ex vicino Africae miri coloris silvestres ac feri arietes, sicut aliae bestiae, munerariis deportarentur, M. Columella patruus meus acris vir ingenii, atque illustris 3 4 5 [p. 236] agricola, quosdam mercatus, in agros transtulit, et
3 miles SAac.
4 commcndabilis SAac.
5 lutilos SA1. a Georg. II. 109. b I.e. those which on account of the excellence of their wool are covered with skins to preserve their fleeces (Varro, R.R., II. 2. 19: Horace, Od. II. C. 10). c A town near Venice. d Both these towns were in Cisalpine Gaul, Mutina being the modern Modena.
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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