. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. n and sinuosities of the torrentbeds, shortened the road as they followed across the intervening hills, and sought a favourableopportunity for using the bow, or marked with a watchful eye the progress of the course in thelevel space before them. For not only was the chasseur provided with a bow, but many ofthose also who accompanied him; and the number of head brought home was naturally lookedupon as the criterion of his good days sport. Having with eager haste pursued on foot, and arrived at the spot where the dogs had
. Palestine : the physical geography and natural history of the Holy Land. n and sinuosities of the torrentbeds, shortened the road as they followed across the intervening hills, and sought a favourableopportunity for using the bow, or marked with a watchful eye the progress of the course in thelevel space before them. For not only was the chasseur provided with a bow, but many ofthose also who accompanied him; and the number of head brought home was naturally lookedupon as the criterion of his good days sport. Having with eager haste pursued on foot, and arrived at the spot where the dogs had caughttheir prey, the huntsman, if alone, took up the game, tied its legs together, and hanging it overhis shoulders, once more led by his hand the coupled dogs, precisely in the same manner as the Arabs are wont to do at the present , however, was generally the office of personswho followed expressly for the purpose, carry-ing cages and baskets on the usual wooden yoke,and who took charge of the game as soon as itwas caught; the number of these substitutes for. Carrying home Game (an Oryx), with coupled Hou;.ds.]VOL. I. [Bringing home Live Game—Gazelle, Porcupines, Hare.] 3 a ccclxii PHYSICAL HISTORY OF PALESTINE. [Chap. VIII. our game cart depending of course on the proposed range of the chase, and the abundance theyexpected to find. Sometimes an ibex, oryx, or wild ox, being closely pressed by the hounds,and driven to an eminence of difficult ascent, faced round and kept them at bay with its for-midable horns, and the spear of the huntsman, as he came up, was required to decide the suc-cess of the chase. It frequently happened, when the chasseur had many attendants, and the district to be huntedwas extensive, that they divided into parties, each taking one or more dogs, and starting themon whatever animal broke cover : sometimes they went without hounds, merely having a smalldog for searching the bushes, or laid in wait for the larger and more formidable animals,
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