unseasonably importunes me to do so。 The Turks have alms and hospitals
for beasts。 The Romans had public care to the nourishment of geese； by
whose vigilance their Capitol had been preserved。 The Athenians made a
decree that the mules and moyls which had served at the building of the
temple called Hecatompedon should be free and suffered to pasture at
their own choice； without hindrance。 The Agrigentines had a common use
solemnly to inter the beasts they had a kindness for； as horses of some
rare quality； dogs； and useful birds； and even those that had only been
kept to divert their children； and the magnificence that was ordinary
with them in all other things； also particularly appeared in the
sumptuosity and numbers of monuments erected to this end； and which
remained in their beauty several ages after。 The Egyptians buried
wolves； bears； crocodiles； dogs； and cats in sacred places； embalmed
their bodies； and put on mourning at their death。 Cimon gave an
honourable sepulture to the mares with which he had three times gained
the prize of the course at the Olympic Games。 The ancient Xantippus
caused his dog to be interred on an eminence near the sea； which has ever
since retained the name； and Plutarch says； that he had a scruple about
selling for a small profit to the slaughterer an ox that had been long in
his service。
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