[36] {euthus}, i.e. "for a few seconds after death."

[37] The belief is still current, I am told, in parts of India.

So much and even greater trouble may be loked for from the wild boar
before capture; I speak of the male animal. If it should be a sow that
falls into the toils, the huntsman should run up and prod her, taking
care not to be pushed off his legs and fall, in which case he cannot
escape being trampled on and bitten. Ergo, he will not voluntarily get
under those feet; but if involuntarily he should come to such a pass,
the same means[38] of helping each the other to get up again will
serve, as in the case of the male animal; and when he has regained his
legs, he must ply the boar-spear vigorously till she too has died the
death.

[38] {dianastaseis}, "the same methods of mutual recovery."

Wild pigs may be captured further in the following fashion: The nets
are fixed for them at the entrances of woody glens,[39] in coppices
and hollows, and on screes, where there are outlets into rank meadow-
lands, marshes, and clear pools.[40] The appointed person mounts guard
at the nets with his boar-spear, while the others work the dogs,
exploring the best and likeliest spots. As soon as the quarry is found
the chase commences. If then an animal falls into the net, the net-
keeper will grip his boar-spear and[41] advance, when he will ply it
as I have described; if he escape the net, then after him full cry. In
hot, sultry weather the boar may be run down by the hounds and
captured. Though a monster in strength, the creature becomes short of
breath and will give in from sheer exhaustion.