On Hunting

Sections

1.1 – 1.6 1.7 – 1.10 1.11 – 1.13 1.14 – 1.18 2.1 – 2.4 2.4 – 2.6 2.7 – 2.9 3.1 – 3.3 3.4 – 3.7 3.8 – 3.11 4.1 – 4.1 4.2 – 4.5 4.6 – 4.10 4.11 – 5.3 5.4 – 5.6 5.7 – 5.9 5.10 – 5.14 5.15 – 5.17 5.18 – 5.22 5.23 – 5.27 5.28 – 5.29 5.30 – 5.31 5.32 – 6.1 6.2 – 6.5 6.6 – 6.7 6.8 – 6.9 6.10 – 6.13 6.14 – 6.17 6.18 – 6.19 6.20 – 6.22 6.23 – 6.26 7.1 – 7.4 7.5 – 7.7 7.8 – 7.11 7.12 – 8.3 8.4 – 8.7 8.8 – 9.2 9.3 – 9.8 9.9 – 9.12 9.13 – 9.16 9.17 – 9.20 9.20 – 10.1 10.2 – 10.2 10.3 – 10.6 10.7 – 10.8 10.9 – 10.12 10.13 – 10.16 10.17 – 10.20 10.21 – 11.1 11.2 – 12.2 12.3 – 12.6 12.7 – 12.10 12.11 – 12.15 12.16 – 12.20 12.21 – 13.4 13.5 – 13.9 13.10 – 13.13 13.14 – 13.18

İngilizce Yunanca

5.15 Find the hare’s track by beginning with the hounds in the cultivated lands and gradually working downwards.The cultivated land is on the lower slopes of the mountains. To track those that do not come into cultivated land, searchThere is evidently a gap in the Greek before τοὺς λειμῶνας, which has nothing to govern it. the meadows, valleys, streams, stones and woody places. If she moves off, don’t shout, or the hounds may get wild with excitement and fail to recognise the tracks.

5.16 Hares when found by hounds and pursued sometimes cross brooks and double back and slip into gullies or holes. The fact is they are terrified not only of the hounds, but of eagles as well; for they are apt to be snatched up while crossing hillocks and bare ground untilNot so long as; cf. 14. they are yearlings, and the bigger ones are run down and caught by the hounds.

5.17 The swiftest are those that frequent mountains; those of the plain are not so speedy; and those of the marshes are the slowest. Those that roam over any sort of country are difficult to chase, since they know the short cuts. They run mostly uphilli.e. when pursued. or on the level, less frequently in uneven ground, and very seldom downhill.