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him. Boy! To him, Boy! Now, Boy! Now, Boy! and he ſignifies whether ſhe is taken or not. And, if ſhe is taken in the firſt ring, the dogs are called off, and they try for another; but, if not, they follow the dogs as ſwiftly as poſſible [1], and do not give her up, but perſevere diligently.
And, if he meets them again while they are purſuing her, the Huntſman ſhould cry out. Well done. Dogs! Forward, Dogs! But, if the dogs are got very forward, ſo that he is not able to keep up, but is [2] thrown out, and can neither perceive them near him, nor hear their cry, nor ſee them hunting by the ſcent, he ſhould continue running on, and call out to every one he
- ↑ This, with the ſucceeding account, is a full confutation of the notion that the Ancients only uſed ſcenting dogs to find the Hare, but never purſued her by the ſcent
after ſhe was ſtarted. Neither would Mr. Somerville's friend have made this miſtake, had he been as converſant with this accurate deſcription of the Attic Xenophon, as he was with the deſultory account of Oppian, one of thoſe
―――quos Graecia non fuos alumnos
Agnovit, in pejus ruentis ævi. - ↑ Ἀλλὰ διημαρτηκὼς ἦ τῶν δρόμων.
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