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Greek Method (^/'HareHunting, 

 from XENOPHOisf. 



' I ^ H E trail of tlie Hare is long during 

 the winter, on account of the length 

 of the nights, and in the fummer, fhort, 

 for the contrary reafon. In the winter there 

 is no fcent early in the morning, when there 

 is either a hoar-froft, or ice ; for the hoar- 

 froft by its proper force colle6ling the warm 

 particles, contains them in itfelf, and the 

 ice condenfes them. 



When thefe happen *, the dogs with the 

 moil delicate nofes cannot touch before the 



* A? Kvnc, (Aix.>.nKiu<Tt3n tk? ^rvfls? XT- >.. " The dogs vvhofe 

 <■' nofes are tender." The common interpretation "that the 

 ♦' doo-s cannot fmell atfuch times nn account of the tendernefs 

 *' of their nofes," is abfolute nonfenfe* How fhould a 

 hoar-froft hurt a hound's nofe fo as to hinder his fmelling, or 

 the tendernefs of the nofe hinder the accuracy of the fenfe ? 

 My interpretation is warranted by the original, and is ex- 

 actly the cafe. Seethe Eflays, p. 14. 



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