from Xcnophon. 35 



let loofe that of his dogs which has the 

 fineft nofe ; if in the winter about fun- 

 rifing, if in the fummer before day-breakj 

 and between thofe times in the other 

 feafons. 



If the dog picks the trail out * flraight 

 forward from the works the Hare has been 

 making, he fliould flip another ; and, as 

 thefe perfift in the trail, he fhould loofe the 

 teft one after the other without great inter- 

 vals, and fhould follow himfelf, but not 

 too clofely, encouraging the dogs by their 

 names, but not vehemently, left they fhould 

 be too eager before the proper time. 



They keep running on with joy and fpirit, 

 inveftigating the trail through every turn,- 

 now in circles, now ftraight forward, now 

 obliquely, through thick and thin, places 

 known and unknown, pafhng each other 

 by turns, moving their tails^^ throwing 

 back their ears, and their eyes darting fire, 



when they are near the Hare, they dif- 

 cover it to the Iluntfman by fhaking vio- 

 lently not only their tails but their whole 



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