4] A species of noose seems to have been made by means of two ropes interlaced, which were passed--how, we cannot say--round the neck of the animal, and held him in such a way that all his struggles to release himself were vain.

This mode of capture recalls the use of the lasso by the South Americans and the employment of nooses by various nations, not merely in hunting, but in warfare.

It is doubtful, however, if the Assyrian practice approached at all closely to any of these.

The noose, if it may be so called, was of a very peculiar kind.

It was not formed by means of a slip-knot at the end of a single cord, but resulted from the interlacing of two ropes one with the other.