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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: hounds and with cheery encouragement[34] follow along the wake of the
wooden clog, with a keen eye to the direction of its march. That for
the most part will be plain enough, since stones will be displaced,
and the furrow which the clog makes as it trails along will be
conspicuous on tilled ground; or if the deer should strike across
rough ground, the rocks will show pieces of bark torn from the clog,
and the chase will consequently be all the easier.[35]
[34] See vi. 20; "with view-halloo."
[35] Or, "along that track will not be difficult."
Should the deer have been caught by one of its fore-feet it will soon
be taken, because in the act of running it will beat and batter its
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