on.[12] As soon as the nets are posted, up he must go and start her.
If she contrive to extricate herself from the nets,[13] he must after
her, following her tracks; and presently he will find himself at a
second similar piece of ground (unless, as is not improbable, she
smothers herself in the snow beforehand).[14] Accordingly he must
discover where she is and spread his toils once more; and, if she has
energy still left, pursue the chase. Even without the nets, caught she
will be, from sheer fatigue,[15] owing to the depth of the snow, which
balls itself under her shaggy feet and clings to her, a sheer dead
weight.

[11] Al. "to envelop the victims in the nets."

[12] Lit. "whatever the creature is in contact with inside."

[13] Cf. Aesch. "Prom." 87, Poto tropo tesd' ekkulisthesei tukhes}.

[14] Or, "if the creature is not first suffocated in the snow itself."

[15] See Pollux, v. 50. "She must presently be tired out in the heavy
snow, which balls itself like a fatal clog clinging to the under
part of her hairy feet."



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For hunting fawns[1] and deer,[2] Indian dogs[3] should be employed,
as being strong, large, and fleet-footed, and not devoid of spirit;
with these points they will prove well equal to the toil.