| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 37 | 51 | One view is that the collar might jeopardize the hunt, for example, that it might be caught in a branch, or be somehow utilized to restrain the animal before it has located its quarry. |
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 37 | 48 | War sleen, watch sleen, fighting sleen, and such, when freed, would normally retain the collars, which are often plated and spiked, for the protection of the throat. |
| 37 | 49 | With hunting sleen, on the other hand, the collars are usually removed. |
| 37 | 50 | There are two views on this matter. |
| 37 | 51 | One view is that the collar might jeopardize the hunt, for example, that it might be caught in a branch, or be somehow utilized to restrain the animal before it has located its quarry. |
| 37 | 52 | The other is that the removal of the collar returns the beast to its state of natural savagery, that it removes from it any inhibitions which might have resulted from its familiarity with human beings. |
| 37 | 53 | Certainly it is difficult to recollar a hunting sleen until it has made its kill, until it has been pacified, sated with the predesignated blood and meat. |
| 37 | 54 | The two views, of course, are not mutually exclusive. |