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 dependent for food on the milk of their cows and the flesh of their sheep, and he who possessed a number of these useful animals was a man of wealth among his less fortunate neighbours. Hence:

The following convey the same meaning as the well-known saying, “Better endure those ills we have, than fly to others that we know not of”:

We should be guided by reason. This old saying has reference to the habit observable in Shetland sheep that have access to the seashore from their pasture. They are known to start for the coast at ebb tide to feed on seaweed, and they are Rh