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The Sportsman by Xenophon
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[6] {spithame}, a span (dodrans) = 7 1/2 inches. Herod. ii. 106;
{trispithamos}, Hes. "Op." 424; Plat. "Alc." i. 126 C; Aristot.
"H. A." viii. 28. 5; Polyb. v. 3-6.

[7] {to megethos}.

[8] Or, "eight fingers' breadth +" = 6 inches +. {palaiste} or
{palaste}, a palm or four fingers' breadth = 3 inches +.

[9] {tous brokhous}, a purse or tunnel arrangement with slip loop.

[10] Reading {upheisthosan de oi peridromoi anammatoi}. Lit. "the
cords that run round should be inserted without knots." See
Pollux, v. 28 foll.

[11] Lit. "2, 4, 5 fathoms; 10, 20, 30 fathoms."

[12] {akroleniois}, elbows, Pollux, v. 29; al. {akroliniois}, L. & S.,
"on the edges or borders."

[13] {mastous}, al. "tufts."

[14] {skhalides}, forks or net props. Cf. Pollux, v. 19. 31.

[15] i.e. 30 + inches = 2 1/2 + ft., say 36 inches = 3 ft.

[16] {euperispastoi ta akra}, al. "they should be made so that the
nets can be fitted on and off easily, with sharp points"; or "off
the points easily."

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