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Courſing, &c.

a young Hare, which, according to the advice of [1] Xenophon, ſhould be ſpared, and the finders, if poſſible, ſhould be called off, which is very difficult, as they are not under good command, being eager through hunger; and ſo deſirous are they of eating up what they catch, that it is hard to get them off even by beating them with ſticks.

  1. Τῷ ἐμῷ ὁμονύμῷ. See Xenophon, p. 24, note †.
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