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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Sportsman by Xenophon: of finding and himself of profit.[8] Subtle and delicate by nature,
scent will not last all day.
[5] "You cannot trust the hound's nose."
[6] "Every third day," {dia trites tes emeras}.
[7] Lit. "in order that they may not be deprived of following up the
scent."
[8] Or, "a late start means the hounds will be robbed of a find and
the huntsman of his reward."
The net-keeper should wear a light costume. His business is to fix the
nets about the runs,[9] paths, bends, and hollows, and darksome spots,
brooks, dry torrents, or perennial mountain streams. These are the
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