from Xenophon, ^^ 



Dogs (hould never be taken out to hunt 

 unlefs they eat their food heartily, for if they 

 do not, it is a fign that they are not healthy 3 

 neither if there is a high wiftd, for it diffi- 

 pates the fcent and prevents their hunting, 

 neither can the toils or nets ftand. 



When neither of thefe things hinder, they 

 fhould be taken out every third day. They 

 fhould never be fufFered to hunt Foxes, as 

 that does them the greatefl damage, and 

 * they never are fleady when it is neCeflary. 



The places of Hunting fliould frequently 

 be changed, that the dogs maybe thoroughly 

 acquainted v/ith the nature of hunting, and 

 the Hunter himfelf with the country. And 

 it is neceffary to go out early in the morning 

 that the trail may not be gone. Thofe who 

 go out late deprive the dogs of the chance 

 of finding a Hare, and themfelves of the 

 fport i neither will the fcent, by reafon of 



the Latin word infibulo, was not confined to dogs only, but 

 cfed by the ancients to preferve the chaftity of the youth of 

 both fexes. 



* 'Evtw ^fovT* bVote 7r»e6ij-iv, literally, when it is neceffary^ 

 they never are ready. 



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