Esto sit indulgentia dignum, quod reformidant catuli tui bestiis appropinquare terribilibus corpulentisque: illud ignoro quomodo excuses, quod capreas, pecus simum, pariter et dammas in fugam pronos iacentibus animis pectoribus erectis, passibus raris crebris latratibus prosequuntur.
Granted that it is forgivable in your little dogs to shrink from approaching huge fearsome beasts like boars; but I dont know how you can excuse their behaviour in the case of goats, those poor snub-nosed creatures, or timid skittish deer, whom they hunt head high and spirits prone, and a maximum of barking to a minimum of speed.
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