CYNEGETICA, W. 425-^8 



In hunting the swift-footed tribes of the Hare the 

 hunter should run in front and head them off from 

 upward-sloping rock or hill and with cunning prudence 

 drive them downhill. For the moment that they 

 see hounds and huntsmen they rush uphill " ; since 

 they well know that their forelegs'" are shorter. 

 Hence hills are easy for Hares— easy for Hares but 

 difficult for mounted men. Moreover, the hunter 

 should avoid much-trodden ways and the beaten 

 track and pursue them in the tilled fields. For on 

 the trodden way they are nimbler and hght of foot 

 and easily rush on. But on the ploughed land their 

 feet are heavy in summer and in the \vinter " season 

 they carry a fatal shoe ^ that reaches to the ankle. 



If ever thou art hunting a Gazelle, beware that 

 after a very long and extended course and term of 

 toil it do not halt a moment and reheve " nature. 

 For in Gazelles beyond all others the bladder swells 

 in the midst of their course and their flanks are 

 burdened by involuntary waters and they squat upon 

 their haunches. But if they take breath a little 

 with their noisy throats, they flee far more strongly 

 and more swiftly with nimble knees and Ughter 

 loins. 



The Fox is not to be captured by ambush nor by 



illustrated bv the use of Kprjvis to mean a species of cake 

 e^ aXei'pov Kai neXiTos Poll. vi. 77. 



* C/. A. 579 a 12 (of Deer, e\a<poi) iv de r^S <pevyeiy avd- 

 ravaiv troiovvTai tQiv dpofxciiv aco2 v<f>i(TTdfx.fvoi fiivovaiv Iwj Slv 

 ir\ri(rioi' 1\0tj 6 SicbKuv' rare Se ird.\iv (peOyovffiv. tovto 5e doKovai 

 Troifiv 5ia TO iroveiv to. tvTos' to ydp ivTtpov ?;^et XexTOv Kal 

 affdfves oCtojs uxxre eav fipfna rij irard^j?, SiaAcoxrerai tov 5epfj.aTos 

 OyioOi 6yTos ; Plin. viii. 113 et alias semper in fuga acquie- 

 scunt stantesque respiciunt, cum prope ventum est rursus 

 fiigae praesidia repetentes. Hoc fit intestini dolore tam 

 innrmi ut ictu levi rumpatur intus. 



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