ve referred to. Aristot. "H. A." ix. 44. 4.

(37) Lit. "fixing landmarks for themselves."

They meanwhile, with sterns wagging, tumbling and leaping over one
another's backs, (38) at intervals loudly giving tongue, and lifting
up their heads and peering into their master's face, as much as to
say, "There is no mistake about it this time," (39) will presently
of themselves start the hare and be after her full cry, with bark and
clamour. (40) Thereupon, whether the hare falls into the toils of the
funnel net or rushes past outside or inside, whatever incident betide,
the net-keeper must with a shout proclaim the fact. Should the hare be
caught, the huntsman has only to begin looking for another; if not, he
must follow up the chase once more with like encouragement.

(38) Or, "whisking their tails and frisking wildly, and jostling
against one another, and leaping over one another at a great
rate." Al. "over one obstacle, and then another."

(39) Or, "this is the true line at last."

(40) Al. "with a crash of tongues."

When at length the hounds show symptoms of fatigue, and it is already
late in the day, the time has come for the huntsman to look for his hare
that lies dead-beat; nor must he wittingly leave any patch of green or
clod of earth untested. (41) Backwards and forwards he must try and try
again the ground, (42) to be sure that nothing has been overlooked. The
fact is, the little creature lies in a small compass, and from fatigue
and fear will not get up. As he leads the hounds on he will cheer and
encourage them, addressing with many a soft term the docile creature,
the self-willed, stubborn brute more rarely, and to a moderate extent
the hound of average capacity, till he either succeeds in running down
or driving into the toils some victim. (43) After which he will pick up
his nets, both small and large alike, giving every hound a rub down, and
return home from the hunting-field, taking care, if it should chance to
be a summer's noon, to halt a bit, so that the feet of his hounds may
not be blistered on the road.

(41) Lit. "anything which earth puts forth or bears upon her bosom."

(42) Or, "Many and many a cast back must he make."

(43) The famous stanzas in "Venus and Adonis" may fitly close this
chapter.

And when thou hast on foot the purblind hare,
Mark the poor wretch, to overshoot his troubles
How he outruns the wind and with what care
He cranks and cr