n 



who, in the season of spring, wanders with naked feet, among the 

 mountains in quest of early flowers. The fragrance of some sweet 

 violet invites her onward. Her cheerful mind exults in the ga- 

 thered prize, and she returns to her rural cot, crowned with a 

 flowery garland. — The nets are immediately spread, and a rope 

 extended from each extremity about as high as a man's middle, 

 thickly set with fillets of various colours, and the feathers of numerous 

 wild birds, the terror of beasts of prey. While this stratagem is 

 preparing on the left hand, an ambush is laid under the rocks 

 to the right. Arbours thickly covered with green branches are 

 formed at a small distance from each other, and four men are 

 lodged in each. All things being now ready, a tiiimpet is soimded 

 — the beast, roused from his den, springs forth with a loud roar, 

 and flies, pursued by the youths, to the open plain. The ambus- 

 cade arising drive him towards the formidable cord. Terrified by 

 the shouting of the crowd and the flapping of the feathers, he falls 

 into the toils. The men stationed at each extremity of the net, 

 come together and enclose him in the fatal snare. He rages furi- 

 ously, and not un frequently escapes. When taken, a strong man 

 chains his right paw, deprives him of all power, binds him to a 

 stake, and at last shuts him up in a chest of pine. 



The hare, when hunted, should be pursued down the declivity. 

 For when she sees the hunters, she immediately ascends the hill, 

 because her fore legs are shorter than her hind ones, and they have 

 the advantage in such a chace, the ascent being difficult for horses. 

 — Beaten paths should be avoided, for the hare bounds over them 

 easily, but in ploughed lands, and in the summer season, her feet are 

 heavy, and in winter they are shod with a pernicious weight of 

 clay. 



The deer should be allowed no respite in the chace,— for if the 



