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'To bear acorns at their summit, and bees in the middle; And the

sheep are bowed down with the weight of their fleeces,'

and many other blessings of a like kind are provided for them.

And Homer has a very similar strain; for he speaks of one whose

fame is-

'As the fame of some blameless king who, like a god, Maintains

justice; to whom the black earth brings forth Wheat and barley,

whose trees are bowed with fruit, And his sheep never fail to

bear, and the sea gives him fish.'