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glare as a mightier creature than elephas 

 shows on the sunlit ground. 



2. " Hoic ! halloo!" comes up through 

 the morning mist of a day in Hellas the 

 old, and there rushes into view a fleet but 

 weary hare ; then hounds vicing with each 

 other in joyful, eager chorus ; then a strange 

 runner, staff in hand, appears. " This young 

 man," says our guide, " is Xenophon ; he 

 has queer notions about wild animals and 

 the chase." 



3. Behold ! gay cavaliers course over the 

 pleasant moorland, and to us, the privileged 

 guests of a god, comes the silver sound 

 of tinkling bells, while in the buxom air 

 gracefully hovers a gyr-falcon of the highest 

 breed. Alas ! they have gone as a dream 

 in the night, and in their stead we view 

 the regular rides and clear-cut avenues of 

 Versailles. It is a right royal hunt. The 

 forest-green uniforms and plumed hats flash 



