direction of the hare's sitting-place."

[17] Lit. "form"; "the place where puss is seated."

Once she is off, the pack should pursue with vigour.[18] They must not
relax their hold, but with yelp and bark full cry insist on keeping
close and dogging puss at every turn. Twist for twist and turn for
turn, they, too, must follow in a succession of swift and brilliant
bursts, interrupted by frequent doublings; while ever and again they
give tongue and yet again till the very welkin rings.[19] One thing
they must not do, and that is, leave the scent and return crestfallen
to the huntsman.[20]

[18] Lit. "let them follow up the chase vigorously, and not relax,
with yelp and bark."

[19] {dikaios}, Sturz, "non temere"; "and not without good reason."
Al. "a right good honest salvo of barks."

[20] Lit. "Let them not hark back to join the huntsman, and desert the
trail."

Along with this build and method of working, hounds should possess
four points. They should have pluck, sound feet, keen noses, and sleek
coats. The spirited, plucky hound will prove his mettle by refusing to
leave the chase, however stifling the weather; a good nose is shown by
his capacity for scenting the hare on barren and dry ground exposed to
the sun, and that when the orb is at the zenith;[21] soundness of foot
in the fact that the dog may course over mountains during the same
season, and yet his feet will not be torn to pieces; and a good coat