ON COURSING. 103 



but rarely in summer, « lying by, generally, 3 when the heat is Chap. XIV. 



oppressive. For greyhounds are impatient of heat, and often, 



when pursuing a hare with all their might, have been suftb- 



cated from a stoppage of their wind. * To guard against 



which, a courser should carry eggs with him, and administer 



them entire, if his hound's breathing be exceedingly distressed. 



For there is no better refrigerative, nothing that appeases 



difficulty of breathing so much. It is not unattended with 



danger for a dog, under these circumstances of distress, to 



drink immoderately. 



For the reasons given, then, be cautious of coursing in hot 

 weather. Never go out in winter when the cold is severe, 

 and, on no account, when the ground is frozen hard. For dogs 



but the prudent and humane courser will not slip his greyhound later than the month 

 of February. 



2. Qfpovs Si oKiyaKts. It is not customary with British sportsmen to course in 

 summer. 



if 86 6fpei, xpe''"' <l>vy4uv (pXoySeffaav iviirijv Oppian. Cyneg. 



&^av T f/6Afou. '• ^^^' 



3. The Paris and Amsterdam editions read Siairviyourai, for which Schneider 

 substitutes 5ia\elirovTa (xp<5»'oi') — an emendation which I have adopted in the trans- 

 lation. 



4. 'AireiTvlyricrav virh tov &(x9iJ.aTos. Such accidents usually happen from running 

 greyhounds when out of wind, and condition. The state of the muscular and 

 respiratory systems are always in fault — 



r<j) fii] maXfoi 0^pr}s iirl fxwXov totev Oppian. Cyneg. 



/UTjSe T€ \iTrTa\4oi. '• 8^' 



But the safest plan is to leave the greyhounds in a cool and shady kennel during the 

 intense heat of a midsummer day — if exercised at all, the earlier they have their 

 airing, the belter. 



I.YC. Ad fluvium due, Daphni, canes, (vocat aestus in umbram,) Petr. Lotich. 



Nee catulos virides sine lascivire per herbas. Secund. Eel. ii. 



Eja agedura, requiesce Lacon, requiesce Lycarba, Viburnus 

 Fervidus Hespehas dum sol declinet in undas. 



