Reference for Bava Metzia 48:11
רבי אמי אשכח פרגיות שחוטות בין טבריא לציפורי אתא לקמיה דר' אסי ואמרי לה לקמיה דר' יוחנן ואמרי לה בי מדרשא ואמרו ליה זיל שקול לנפשך רבי יצחק נפחא אשכח קיבורא דאזלי ביה אזלויי אתא לקמיה דר' יוחנן ואמרי לה בבי מדרשא ואמרו ליה זיל שקול לנפשך:
Hence it must be concluded that the <i>halachah</i> is according to R. Simeon b. Eleazar even where the majority are Israelites! — Raba replied: [That was a case where] the majority [of the inhabitants were] heathens, and the majority of the slaughterers [were] Israelites.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' It could therefore be assumed that the Jewish method of slaughter was used, although the majority of the inhabitants were heathens. * The translation from here to the end of the tractate is by Rabbi Dr. H. Freedman. ');"><sup>28</sup></span> R. Ammi once found some slaughtered pigeons between Tiberias and Sepphoris. When he appeared before R. Assi — some say, before R. Johanan; others again say, in the house of study — he was told: 'Go and take them for yourself.' R. Isaac the blacksmith once found some balls of string which were used for making nets. When he appeared before R. Johanan — some say. in the house of study — he was told: 'Go and take them for yourself.'