I, p.

308, n.2.Nearly all the higher estates were exempt.] _Der Ukas is arobgekumen auf judische Selner, Seinen mir sich zulofen in die puste Waelder.....
In alle puste Waelder seinen mir zulofen, In puste Gruber seinen mir verlofen_.....

Oi weih, oi weih!_....[1] [Footnote 1: When the ukase came down about Jewish soldiers, We all dispersed over the lonesome forests; Over the lonesome forests did we disperse, In lonesome pits did we hide ourselves....

Woe me, Woe!] The recruiting agents hired by the Kahal or its "trustees," who received the nickname "hunters" or "captors," [1] hunted down the fugitives, trailing them everywhere and capturing them for the purpose of making up the shortage.

In default of a sufficient number of adults, little children, who were easier "catch," were seized, often enough in violation of the provision of the law.