CYNEGETICA, IV. 449-453 



noose nor by net. For she is clever in her cunning 

 at perceiving them ; clever too at severing a rope 

 and loosing knots and by subtle craft escaping from 

 death. But the thronging hounds take her ; yet 

 even they for all their strength do not overcome her 

 without bloodshed. 



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