CYNEGETICA, II. 296-316 



Other beasts in the woods they call lorcus." These 

 also have the form of a deer, but on their back they 

 have a hide, all various with spots, like the marks 

 that t"v\inkle upon the skin of the mid Leopards. 



The Antelope * again is less in stature than the 

 Broad-horn : less than the Broad-horn but far 

 mightier than the Gazelle : bright of eye, lovely in 

 colour, cheerful of aspect. Straight from the head 

 spring the long branches of its horns but aloft they 

 bend again toward the back ^^■ith curved points. 

 Above all others doth this race love its own home and 

 its accustomed lair and its dear dwelling in the glades. 

 Even if hunters bind it with t^^•isted ropes and carry 

 it straightway to other regions and far away in the 

 glens leave it there to its freedom, easily doth it 

 come to the sweet home where it used to dwell and 

 endures not to Avander as a stranger amid aUens. 

 Not then to men alone is their native land dear, but 

 even in the hearts of the dappled wild beasts is 

 instilled a desire of home. 



Furthermore we all know the conspicuous tribes 

 of the most s\\-ift '^ Gazelles,'' their beauty alike and 

 their stature and their strength. The lustful « Part- 



iraperitum volgus bubalorum nomen imponit, cum id gignat 

 Africa vituli potius cervique quadam similitudine. 



" A. P. A. 663 a 11 ' TrpoarideiKev i) (pvcris) rdxos ^ov^dXois /cat 

 SopKdffi. Cf. Ael. xiv. 14-. 



** Gazella dorcas " is by far the most abundant of all the 

 large game in Palestine" (Tristr. p. 1-29); A. +99 a 9 to. 5e 

 tQiv 'nnre\d<f>wv Kepara ■frapairXritna tols t^s SopKadot iariv ; P. A. 

 663 b 26 eXd^cffroi' iffri tQv yvupL^ofxivuv [KepaTcxpbpwv) dopKas. 



• A. 488 b 3 rd fxev d(ppoSi<na<rTiKd, oXov rb tQv irepSiKwv Ka'i 

 iXeKTpvbvwv ydvot. Cf. 564 a 24 f., 613 b 25 f. ; G.A. 746 b 1 

 etc. ; Athen. 389 a to 5e ^wov ixi Xa-^veias (rvfi^oKiKwi irap- 

 eiXirrToi; Ael. iii. 5, etc. ; .\ntig. xxxix. 101 ; Plin. x. 100; 

 Solin. vii. SO; Phil. 12; Dion. JJe at. i. 9. 



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