(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 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."

IX

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.

(1) See Hom. "Il." xxii. 189, x. 361; "Od." iv. 35; Aelian, "N. A."
xiv. 14; xvii. 26; Geopon. xix. 5.

(2) {e elaphos} (generic, Attic) = hart or hind, of roe (Capreolus
caprea) or red (Cervus elaphus) deer alike, I suppose. See St.
John, "Nat. Hist. and Sport in Moray."

(3) Of the Persian or Grecian greyhound type perhaps. See Aristot. "H.
A." viii. 28; Aelian, "N. A." viii. 1; Pollux, v. 37, 38, 43;
Plin. "H. N." vii. 2, viii. 28; Oppian, "Cyn." i. 413.

Quite young fawns (4) should be