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Chap. XXI. Whoever, therefore, is a good slipper, should not let go his 

 dog while the hare is at all bewildered, (unless he would 

 destroy the sport,) but should allow her to make her first turns, 

 and then slip. 



Chap. XXII. Let it be deemed unlawful to slip to a young hare;^ but 



Ware Leveret, ^.^ther, in obedience to my namesake, spare such for the 



Goddess." If possible, indeed, you should endeavour to call off 



wil make al the ryot and al the harme." The latter'a mode of bunting is beautifully 

 described by Darcius of Venusium : 



Canes. 



Hi si forte levis toto lepus errat in arvo, 

 Pone legent rostro vestigia nota sagaci : 

 Et modo transverse, niodo recto jugera sulco 

 Scrutantur, &c. 



Xenophon. ^' ^^ M*'' oiiu \iav veoyva ol (piXoKwi^yeTai acpiuai Trj @e<a. But the 'ame mercy 



de Venatione. was not extended to fawns : see Xenoph. de Venat. c. ix. 1. 

 2. Tij ©foj. Diana ayporepu, or Veuatrix. 



Homer. Iliad. 



irSrvia OripZv 



''ApTefiis ayporiprj. 



Homer. Hymn, 

 in Dian. 



T) KUT tjpri ffKi6evra Koi &Kptas r]veiJ.6e(T(Tas 

 ayprj Tepnofiivi] nayxpima t({|o riTaivet. 



So, in the Anacreontic Airaveia, 



yovvov/xai c' 4Xa<p-q$6\e, 

 s,avdi), TTol Aihs, aypiaiv 

 SeffTTOtv', "'Aprefj.t, Bripuv. 



Polluc. Onom. 

 L. V. c. I. 13. 



By Pollux the worshipful goddess is variously called ayporepa, Ka), Kwriyeris, koI 

 <pi\66ripos, /col opfia. For the popular belief respecting her many vocations, see 

 Callimacb. H. in Dian. How graphically is she decked out, in all her sylvan trim, br 

 Nemesian, in tlie following address to her, to aid, with her many sporting associates, 

 the essay of his Cynegetical Muse ! 



Nemesian. 

 Cyneg. 86. 



Tu modo qu3B saltus placidos silvasque pererras 

 Latona^, Phoebe, magnum decus, eja age suetos 



