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κτείνουσι οὐδὲν ἔμψυχον. Lassen (ii. 635) points out that this is the oldest Western mention of the Brahman hermits (e. g. of their vegetable diet—ποιηφαγέουσι). But if so, H. confuses them with the aboriginal black population (cf. 101. 1).

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