Xenophon, On Hunting, chapter 6, section 8

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[8] To the cord¹ let him attach a long, big stone, so that the net may not pull away when the hare is inside. Let him make his line long and high,² so that the hare may not jump over.

When it comes to tracking the hare, he must not be too zealous. To do everything possible to effect a quick capture shows perseverance, but is not hunting.³

1 See 2.4. The stone serves as an anchor when the net falls off the stakes.

2 The stakes must not be too deep in the ground, or the nets will not be high enough.

3 These remarks read like an afterthought.

Xenophon. Xenophon in Seven Volumes, 7. E. C. Marchant, G. W. Bowersock, tr. Constitution of the Athenians. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA; William Heinemann, Ltd., London. 1925.

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