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I knew Terajewicz, who, when he went out for wild boars, took no

other arms than a pike, and Budrewicz, who used to fight singly

against a bear! Such men did our forests once behold! If it came

to a dispute, how did they settle the dispute. Why, they chose

judges and set up stakes. Oginski lost three thousand acres of

woodland over a wolf, and a badger cost Niesiolowski several

villages! Now do you gentlemen follow the example of your elders,

and settle your dispute in this way, even though you may set up a

smaller stake. Words are wind; to wordy disputes there is no end;

it is a shame to tire our ears longer with a brawl over a rabbit:

so do you first choose arbitrators; and, whatever their verdict

may be, conscientiously abide by it. I will beg the Judge not to

forbid the master of the hounds to lead the chase even across the

wheat, and I hope that I shall obtain this favour from my lord."

So saying, he embraced the knees of the Judge.