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the delicacy of its nature, continue in all weather.

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The ^[2] Huntſman ſhould go out in a light eaſy dreſs, with ſandals on, and a pole in his hand, the man who carries the nets following him; and ſhould proceed with ſilence leſt the Hare being near ſhould hear him and ſteal off from her ſeat.

The dogs being brought to the wood ſo tied, each ſeparately, that they may eaſily be let ſlip, and the nets being pitched, and a man placed at them to watch, the Huntſman himſelf, taking the dogs with him, goes in ſearch of the game.

^[3] And vowing a part of his ſpoils to Apollo and Diana the Huntreſs, he ſhould

1. I omit what immediately follows, as It only relates to the manner of pitching the toils.
2. >Ὁ κυνηγέτης. The word in the original exactly correſponds with the Modern Huntſman.
3. The great attention of Xenophon to the forms of Religion is evident in all his works.