The Natural History of Pliny the Elder, Part 2
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The Beginning of the West Winds
On the fifteenth before the callons of April, the kite appears in Italy. This interval of time is a period of extreme activity for the agricultureist. It affords him a great number of occupations, in reference to which he is extremely liable to be deceived. He is summoned to the commencement of these labors not upon the day on which the west winds ought to begin, but upon the day they really do blow.
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