daytime, night is the only time.[33]

[31] "Before the sun is up."

[32] Or, "thanks to the lonesomeness of the region."

[33] "It is night or never, owing to the dread of man which haunts the
creature's mind during daytime."

As soon as the huntsman finds a gin uprooted he will let slip his
hounds and with cheery encouragement[34] follow along the wake of the
wooden clog, with a keen eye to the direction of its march. That for
the most part will be plain enough, since stones will be displaced,
and the furrow which the clog makes as it trails along will be
conspicuous on tilled ground; or if the deer should strike across
rough ground, the rocks will show pieces of bark torn from the clog,
and the chase will consequently be all the easier.[35]

[34] See vi. 20; "with view-halloo."

[35] Or, "along that track will not be difficult."

Should the deer have been caught by one of its fore-feet it will soon
be taken, because in the act of running it will beat and batter its
own face and body; if by the hind-leg, the clog comes trailing along
and must needs impede the action of every limb. Sometimes, too, as it
is whirled along it will come in contact with the forked branches of
some tree, and then unless the animal can snap the rope in twain, she
is fairly caught; there ends the chase. But even so, if caught in this
way or overdone with fatigue, it were well not to come too close the