Book xviii

. Sect. 44._

It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.

_Natural History. Book xviii . Sect. 44._

The bird of passage known to us as the cuckoo.

_Natural History. Book xviii . Sect. 249._

Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.

_Natural History. Book xix . Sect. 59._

Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?[720-3]

_Natural History.