from Xenophon, 21 



■}vig with it the odour of the bloilbms. la 

 .the fummer it is (light and imperfe<fl j for 

 .the earth being hot, it ^deftroys the warn> 

 particles it contains ; and the fcent itfelf is 

 not only flight, ,but the dogs alfo fmell lefs, 

 on account of the relaxation of their bodies. 

 In the autumn it is pure ; for, of the pro- 

 dudtions of the earth, the cultivated part Is 

 .carried. off, and the weeds are withered, fo 

 it is not a.t all injured by the fcent of the 

 fruits of the earth. 



In the winter, the autumn^ and the fum- 

 mer, the trail is for the moft part fhraight, 

 but in the fpring it is more perplexed 3 for, 

 though thefe anirnals copulate at all times, 

 they do it chiefly at that feafon, and their 

 neceffary wandering gn that account in 

 fearch of each other occafions it. 



The fcent of the Hare going to her form 

 lafls longer than that of her courfe when 

 purfued. When fh,e goes to her form flie 

 goes flowly, often flopping, but her courfe 

 when purfued is performed running j; there-., 

 fore the ground is faturated with one, and 

 not filled with the other. The fcent is al- 

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