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unobstructed and narrow passages to and through these places, just about daybreak, and not too early, so that in case the line of nets be near the growth to be searched, the hare may not be frightened by hearing the noise close by (if the distance is considerable, it matters less if the work is done early), seeing that the nets stand clear so that nothing may cling to them.This portentous sentence is a literal presentation of the Greek text, which, however, is rather uncertain. If the nets are fixed near the covert before daybreak, the hare is likely to stir at the noise. After daybreak she will not stir.
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He must fix the stakes asland,i.e., sloping towards the side from which the hare will come. The nets, of course, hang on the other side of the stakes. so that when pulled they may stand the strain. On the tops of them let him put an equal number of meshes,If ἴσους means equal in number, more than one mesh is to be put in the groove of each stake, so that the top of the row of nets will be puckered. Perhaps, however, level in height is the sense. and set the propsSmall sticks were used for propping up the purse on the inside, and the purse was propped higher towards the middle; it ended in a point, so that it resembled the net on a woman’s head. uniformly, raising the purse towards the centre.
