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THE SNAKE.
This creature when it wants to renew itself casts its old skin,
beginning with the head, and changing in one day and one night.
THE PANTHER.
This beast after its bowels have fallen out will still fight with
the dogs and hunters.
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THE CHAMELEON.
This creature always takes the colour of the thing on which it is
resting, whence it is often devoured together with the leaves on
which the elephant feeds.
THE RAVEN.
When it has killed the Chameleon it takes laurel as a purge.
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Moderation checks all the vices. The ermine will die rather than
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