the trail will go along without sign or symptom to show that he is on
the scent; another will vibrate his ears only and keep his tail[15]
perfectly still; while a third has just the opposite propensity: he
will keep his ears still and wag with the tip of his tail. Others draw
their ears together, and assuming a solemn air,[16] drop their tails,
tuck them between their legs, and scour along the line. Many do
nothing of the sort.[17] They tear madly about, babbling round the
line when they light upon it, and senselessly trampling out the scent.
Others again will make wide circuits and excursions; either
forecasting the line,[18] they overshoot it and leave the hare itself
behind, or every time they run against the line they fall to
conjecture, and when they catch sight of the quarry are all in a
tremor,[19] and will not advance a step till they see the creature
begin to stir.

[14] Or, "Also the same dogs will exhibit many styles of coursing: one
set as soon as they have got the trail pursue it without a sign,
so there is no means of finding out that the animal is on the
track."

[15] "Stern."

[16] Or "with their noses solemnly fixed on the ground and sterns
lowered."

[17] Or, "have quite a different action"; "exhibit quite another
manner."

[18] i.e. "they cast forwards to make short cuts," of skirters too
lazy to run the line honestly.