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are traps," and common is the chase of all the swift- 

 footed tribes by men with horses and dogs, or some- 

 times without dogs pursuing the quarry with horses 

 only : those horses which pasture in the land of the 

 Moors, or Libyan horses, which are not constrained 

 by might of hand with the curb of the compelling 

 bridle but obey the riding-switch,* w'heresoever their 

 rider directs their course. Wherefore the riders who 

 are mounted on those horses leave their beloved dogs 

 at home and ride forth trusting to their horses 

 and the rays of the sun, without other helpers. 

 Common, too, is hurling the javelin and shooting with 

 the bow at the mightier wild beasts which fight amain 

 with men. 



With reference to the net one must steer the course 

 of the hunt and avoid the breath of the breeze and 



ov 7ro\X(fj wpeff^vrepoi, (irl yvfivQiv tQv 'iinrci)v .iXavfovcnv, pd^Sip 

 Xpi^t^evoi eir' aurois ocra "EXXT^i'es x''^"''f' ? Strab. 8"28 crx^Sdv de 

 Ti Kai oi'TOi {oi MaupotVtoi) /cat ol ((pf^TJs Macaicri'Xtot Kal KOivios 

 Aleves . . . fiiKpois tTTTTois xP<^At€j'ot, d^€(Ti Be Kai evireideciv wcrr'' 

 dri pd^dov olaKi^eadat ; Verg. A. iv. 41 Numidae infreni ; 

 Nemes. 263 ff. Nee pigeat quod turpe caput deformis et 

 alvus Est ollis quodque int'renes . . . Nam flecti facilis 

 lascivaque colla secutus Paret in obsequium lentae modera- 

 mine virgae. Verbera sunt praecepta fiigae, sunt verbera 

 freni ; Auson. Ad Grat. Imp. xiv. mirabamur poetara (sc. 

 Vergilium) qui infrenos dixerat Numidas et alterura {sc. 

 Nemes.) qui ita collegerat ut diceret in equitando verbera 

 et praecepta esse fugae et praecepta sistendi ; Luc. iv. 689 

 Et gens quae nudo residens Massylia dorso Ora levi flectit 

 frenorum nescia virga ; Sil. i. 215 Numidae, gens nescia 

 freni ; id. ii. 64 nullaque levis Gaetulus habena ; Liv. xxxv. 

 11 equi sine frenis; xxi. 46 frenatos equites)(Numidis ; 

 Polyb. iii. 65 A.exaX"''^Mf''''7'' 'i-TnTOv){'S ofxaSiKoi"; 'nrwus ; Claud. 

 Bell. Gild. i. 439 sonipes ignarus habenae : Virga regit ; 

 Mart. ix. 22. 14 Et Massyla meum virga gubernet equum ; 

 Herodian vii. 9 ol Se No/xd5ej . . . iinreis dpicroi ws Kai 

 XoXtvoK' dvev pdpdip /noprj rbv dpofiov tQv iwttwv KV^epvav. 



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