175/283 The King and his chief attendants pursue the game on horseback, armed with bows and arrows, and discharging their arrows as they go. Hounds also--not now held in leash, but free--join in the hunt, pressing on the game, and generally singling out some one individual from the herd, either a young colt or sometimes a full-grown animal. 1.] The horsemen occasionally brought down the asses with their shafts. |