CYNEGETICA, I. 444-465 



To the young whelps give names that are short " 

 and swiftly spoken that they may hear a command 

 SAdftly. And from their whelphood let them be 

 acquainted \\ith the mighty horses of the hunt and 

 friendly and famihar with all men and hostile only 

 to wild beasts. Neither let them be prone to bark ; 

 for silence is the rule for hunters and above all for 

 trackers. 



Tracking the dim trail is of two sorts, by men and 

 by dogs. Men, cunning of counsel, divine and mark 

 the trail by the eyes ; dogs trace all tracks by the 

 nostrils. Now for men vvinter * is a favourable season 

 and they track the quarry \\ith untroubled eyes, 

 since every mark is written in the snow to see and 

 the hkeness of the foot remains imprinted in the 

 mud. For dogs spring <^ is hostile but autumn kindly ; 

 for in spring the grassy earth is many-scented and 

 over-full of herbs and flowers, and all around the 

 fair-crowned meadows without tillage are purple, 

 while the tilled fields destroy all the scent which is 

 the ambassadress to the keen-nosed tracking dogs. 

 But in autumn,'' rich in fruit and sweet >nth grapes, 



winter (r/. Bik. p. 14 On en fait la chasse presque toute 

 I'annee, mais surtout en hiver) : Kvvas fxtv oZ-v oi<5iv Set ix^^Ta 

 i^iivdi. ivl TTjv dripav TavTTjv- i] yap x«»-'>' Kaiei tQv kvvQv tAs 

 (iivas, Tovs irddas, ttjv offfirjy toO \ayw dtpavi^fi Sia t6 vir^pirayei- 

 Xa^ovra de to. diKTva fier' fiWoi; iXdovra vpos to, 6pirj jrapievai 

 dx6 Tiiv ipyuv, Kai ixetddLv XdjSp ri, Ixvi), Troptvevdat. Kara, ravra. 

 Cf. ih. 5. 1 ff. 



' Xen. C. 5. 5 to Se iap KeKpa/Mvov rj upg. KaXQs irap^a. to. 

 TxfTj, Xafiirpd, irXijv el ti ij yr; i^avOovaa jiXavTei rds Kvyas ets rd 

 airr6 avfifuyvvovca tQ:v avdwv rdj 6(r//ds. Cf. Poll. v. 49. 



'' Xen. C. 5. 5 tov de fxeroinlspov Kadapd {sc. to, Ixfv)' <^o'<^ 

 yap ij yrj (pepei, rd fiev fjixepa avyKeKOfj-icrrai, ra, 5i &ypia yr)pq. 

 StaXeXvrat- ibare ov irapaXvirovai tCov KapirQv ai 6fffj.ai els Tairra 

 <f>ep6/ievai. Cf. Poll, v, 49. 



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