ng-place to escape the hounds when
hunted.

(19) i.e. "the dogs have turned her head and made her as mad as a
March hare."

In reclining the hare draws up the thighs under the flanks, (20) putting
its fore-legs together, as a rule, and stretching them out, resting
its chin on the tips of its feet. It spreads its ears out over the
shoulder-blades, and so shelters the tender parts of its body; its hair
serves as a protection, (21) being thick and of a downy texture. When
awake it keeps on blinking its eyelids, (22) but when asleep the eyelids
remain wide open and motionless, and the eyes rigidly fixed; during
sleep it moves its nostrils frequently, if awake less often.

(20) Pollux, v. 72.

(21) Or, "as a waterproof."

(22) So Pollux, ib.

When the earth is bursting with new verdure, (23) fields and farm-lands
rather than mountains are their habitat. (24) When tracked by the
huntsman their habit is everywhere to await approach, except only in
case of some excessive scare during the night, in which case they will
be on the move.

(23) "When the ground teems with vegetation."

(24) Or, "they frequent cultivated lands," etc.

The fecundity of the hare is extraordinary. The female, having produced
one litter, is on the point of producing a second when she is already
impregnated for a third. (25)

(25) Re hyper-foetation cf. Pollux, v. 73, ap. Schneid.; Herod. iii.
108; Aristot. "H. A." iv. 5; Erastosthenes, "Catasterism," 34;
Aelian, "V. H." ii. 12; Plin. "N. H." vii. 55.

The scent of the leveret lies stronger (26) than that of the grown
animal. While the limbs are still soft and supple they trail full length
on the ground. Every true sportsman, however, will leave these quite
young creatures to roam freely. (27) "They are for the goddess."
Full-grown yearlings will run their first chase very swiftly, (28) but
they cannot keep up the pace; in spite of agility they lack strength.

(26) Cf. Pollux, v. 74.

(27) {aphiasi}, cf. Arrian, xxii. 1, "let them go free"; Aesch. "P.
V." 666; Plat. "Prot." 320 A.

(28) Or, "will make the running over the first ring."

To find the trail you must work the dogs downwards through the
cultivated lands, beginning at the top. Any hares that do not come into
the tilled districts must be sought in the meadows and the glades; near
rivulets, among the stones, or in woody ground. If the quarry makes off,
(29) there should be no shouting, that the hou