As to the trail of a hare on the run, there is no harm in letting them
follow it up till they overtake her.[19] When the hare is caught the
carcass should be given to the young hounds to tear in pieces.[20]

[19] Perhaps read {eos an thelosi}, "as long as they choose." The MSS.
have {elthosi}.

[20] See Stonehenge, p. 287, "blooded, so as to make him understand
the nature of the scent"; ib. 284.

As soon as these young hounds refuse to stay close to the nets and
begin to scatter, they must be called back; till they have been
accustomed to find the hare by following her up; or else, if not
taught to quest for her (time after time) in proper style, they may
end by becoming skirters[21]--a bad education.[22]

[21] {ekkunoi}, cf. Arrian, xxv. 5.

[22] {poneron mathema}, ib. 9.

As long as they are pups, they should have their food given them near
the nets, when these are being taken up,[23] so that if from
inexperience they should lose their way on the hunting-field, they may
come back for it and not be altogether lost. In time they will be quit
of this instinct themselves,[24] when their hostile feeling towards
the animal is developed, and they will be more concerned about the
quarry than disposed to give their food a thought.[25]

[23] {anairontai} sc. {ai arkues}, see above, vi. 26.