Responsa for Gittin 145:15

אמר ליה אין כיון דקשיא רישא אסיפא לא איתמר בי מדרשא ומשבשתא היא זיל בתר סברא

with a guarantee against any accident that might happen to it. After a time the Nehar Malka canal was stopped up. They said to them: Hire asses and deliver the stuff to us, since you have guaranteed us against any accident. They appealed to Raba, who said to them: White ducks<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' I.e., greybeards (Rashi). Cf. Keth. 85a. [Obermeyer loc. cit. Pelican, a bird which owing to its large pouch on its lower jaw for the storage of fish is a symbol among orientals for greediness.] ');">¹⁴</span>

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