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<DIV>Has anybody had the experience of their bassets eating fig leaves ? Being
high summer in South Africa now, we are used to the dogs taking a grass blade
every now and then when on a walkies, but recently their habits changed. Both
Mier and Sally go for fig leaves and also for the shrub Leonotis leonorus. This
latter plant is locally quite famous for its medicinal qualities although in
some circles it is (incorrectly) regarded as a drug. Well neither Mier nor Sally
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<DIV>Frans Breytenbach</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>