craggy bank; since gusts of wind will drift the snow beyond such
spots, whereby a store of couching-places[8] is reserved[9]; and that
is what puss seeks.

[6] "Discovered."

[7] "Thicket or overhanging crag."

[8] {eunasima}, "places well adapted for a form."

[9] Al. "many places suited for her form are left aside by puss, but
this she seeks."

If the tracks conduct the huntsman to this kind of covert he had
better not approach too near, for fear the creature should move off.
Let him make a circuit round; the chances are that she is there; and
that will soon be clear; for if so, the tracks will not trend outwards
from the place at any point.[10]

[10] L. Dind. emend. {oudamoi}, "the tracks will not pass in any
direction outwards from such ground."

And now when it is clear that puss is there, there let her bide; she
will not sir; let him set off and seek another, before the tracks are
indistinct; being careful only to note the time of day; so that, in
case he discovers others, there will be daylight enough for him to set
up the nets.[11] When the final moment has come, he will stretch the
big haye nets round the first one and then the other victim (precisely
as in the case of one of those black thawed patches above named), so
as to enclose within the toils whatever the creature is resting