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plored, as it is both unbecoming and impious, and beiſides a violation of the laws in thoſe who do it. And when no game is found [1] , all the hunting apparatus ſhould be entirely taken away.
The accoutrements of the dogs conſiſt in a [2] collar, a leather leading thong, and a ſurcingle to guard the body. The collar ſhould be ſoft and broad that it may not rub off the dogs hair; the leading thong ſhould have a knot for the hand to hold by, and nothing more; neither do thoſe lead their dogs well who make part of the thong ſerve for a collar; the ſurcingle ſhould have broad thongs that they may not gall the belly of the dog [3], and ſharp points are ſewed on it to preſerve the breed.
- ↑ Αναλύειν χρὴ τὰ πὲρι κυνηγέσιον πάντα. Meaning, I ſuppoſe, that none of the nets ſhould be ſuffered to remain on the ground for another day; which ſhews, that though the Greeks uſed nets and dogs together, contrary to the practice of the modern fair ſportſman; yet it was not allowable to have ſnares ſet, except during the chace.
- ↑ Δέραια ἱμάντες ϛελμόναι.
- ↑ This species of policy, for which we have no name in our language, but which the French call l'infibulation, from
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