ribus, are theſe particles ſhe leaves behind her, which I take to be one reaſon (beſides the cloathing and ſhielding of them from the penetrating air by the deſcending froſt or dew) that the morning walk will give ſcent [1] ſo much longer than the flight in hunting. However, it is as remarkable, that theſe odorous particles gradually decay and end with her life [2], becauſe it requires the most curious noſes to lead the cry when ſhe is near her laſt; becauſe ſhe is fo often entirely loſt at the laſt ſquat, and becauſe, if you knock her on the head before them, there is hardly one in the Pack that will ſtop or take any notice of her.
The greateſt art and curioſity is diſcovered in hunting the ſoil, eſpecially if ſhe immediately ſteal back behind the Dogs the
- ↑ "The ſcent of the trail of the Hare going to her ſeat laſts longer than that of her courſe when purſued: when ſhe goes to her ſeat ſhe goes ſlowly, often ſtanding ſtill; but her courſe, when purſued, is performed running; therefore the ground is ſaturated with one, and not filled with the other." Xenophon.
- ↑ This obſervation, which my own experience convinces me is juſt, the Reader will find directly contradicted in the ſubſequent letters. See Letter VI.
