ARRIAN ON COURSING. 



oil ydp roi ov5' laos 6 ayiiv Xayiai^ koI kvv'l' aAX' o fikv, 'Sttol PovKerai, 6e7, 7] Se 

 ^AAqi) ei^o/iapre?' Kol 6 fikv i^eKi^as "rhv 5p6fj,ov Kol Sia^pl^as tV Kvva terai rov irpdcru, 

 7] 5e, et Sta^^i(pdeiri, irXd^erai' koi avajKri (pBdcravTa ad /ueroflea' koI avaXa^e7v, '6(tov 

 f^rjVexOT} rod Spufiov. — Arrian. de Venat. c. xvii. 



Canis in vacuo leporem cum Gallicus arvo 



Vidit ; et hie priedam pedibus petit, ille salutem : 

 Alter inliJESuro similis, jam jamque tenere 

 Sperat, et extento stringit vestigia rostro ; 

 Alter in ambiguo est, an sit deprensus, et ipsis 

 Morsibus eripitur ; tangentiaque ora relinquit. 



Ovid. Metam. L. i. 533. 



If for sjlvan sports thy bosom glow. 



Let thy fleet greyhound urge his flying foe. 

 With what delight the rapid course I view ! 

 How does my eye the circling race pursue ! 

 He snaps deceitful air with empty jaws, 

 The subtle hare darts swift beneath his paws : 

 She flies, he stretches : now with nimble bound 

 Eager he preSses on, but overshoots his ground : 

 She turns, he winds, and soon regains the way, 

 Then tears with gory mouth the screaming prey. 



Gay's Rural Sports, Canto ii. 289. 



