"Ho, ho, Hunde! Ho, ho, falsch! Recht so, Hunde! schon so, Hunde!"
(Lenz).

[27] {o ampekhetai}, "the shawl or plaid which he carries on his
shoulders." See Pollux, v. 10.

[28] "Not to head the chase." Sir Alex. Grant, "Xen." p. 167.

[29] {aporon}, "which would be awkward" (see Arrian, xxv. 8).

[30] "Where the nets are set," Sir A. Grant. See his comment, l.c.

He must shout then to the keeper, "Mark her, boy, mark her! hey, lad!
hey, lad!" and the latter will make known whether the hare is caught
or not. Supposing the hare to be caught in her first ring, the
huntsman has only to call in the hounds and beat up another. If not,
his business is to follow up the pack full speed, and not give in, but
on through thick and through thin, for toil is sweet. And if again
they chance upon her in the chevy,[31] his cheery shout will be heard
once more, "Right so! right so, hounds! forward on, good hounds!"

[31] {apantosi diokousai auton}, al. "come across the huntsman again."

But if the pack have got too long a start of him, and he cannot
overtake them, however eagerly he follows up the hunt--perhaps he has
altogether missed the chase, or even if they are ranging close and
giving tongue and sticking to the scent, he cannot see them--still as
he tears along he can interrogate the passer-by: "Hilloa there, have
you seen my hounds?" he shouts, and having at length ascertained their
whereabouts, if they are on the line, he will post himself close by,