purpose they make the line intricate as described.

[12] i.e. "with the scent into a composite and confusing whole."

[13] Or, "owing to the relaxed condition of their frames."

[14] Lit. "The fruity odours do not, as commingling currents, injure
the trail."

The scent of the line leading to the hare's form lies longer than that
of a hare on the run, and for this reason: in proceeding to her form
the hare keeps stopping,[15] the other is in rapid motion;
consequently, the ground in one case is thickly saturated all along
with scent, in the other sparsely and superficially. So, too, scent
lies better in woody than on barren ground, since, whilst running to
and fro or sitting up, the creature comes in contact with a variety of
objects. Everything that earth produces or bears upon her bosom will
serve as puss's resting-place. These are her screen, her couch, her
canopy;[16] apart, it may be, or close at hand, or at some middle
point, among them she lies ensconced. At times, with an effort taxing
all her strength, she will spring across to where some jutting point
or clinging undergrowth on sea or freshet may attract her.

[15] "The form tracks are made by the hare leisurely proceeding and
stopping at times; those on the run quickly."

[16] Lit. "Anything and everything will serve to couch under, or
above, within, beside, now at some distance off, and now hard by,
and now midway between."