62 DOG. Class I. 



Ipecies could, with the utmoft certainty, difcover 

 the thief by following his footfteps, let the diftance 

 of his flight be ever fo great; and through the 

 mod fecret and thickeft coverts : nor would it 

 ceafe its purfuit, till it had taken the felon. They 

 were likcwife ufed by Wallace and Bruce during the 

 civil wars. The poetical hiftorians of the two he- 

 roes, frequently relate very curious pafTages on 

 this fubjed: ; of the fervice thefe dogs were of to 

 their mailers, and the efcapes they had from thofe of 

 the enemy. The bloodhound was in great requeft 

 on the confines of England and Scotland-^ where the 

 borderers were continually preying on the herds and 

 flocks of their neighbors. The true bloodhound 

 was large, ftrong, mufcular, broad breaded, of 

 a Hern countenance, of a deep tan- color, and 

 generally marked with a black fpot above each eye. 



The next divifion of this fpecies of dogs, com- 

 prehends thofe that hunt by the eye j and whofe fuc- 

 cefs depends either upon the quicknefs of their fight, 

 their fwiftnefs, or their fubtility. 



The Agafaus^ or Gazehound, was the firfl: it 

 chaced indifi^erendy the fox, hare, or buck. It 

 would feled from the herd the fatteft and faireft 

 deer ; purfue it by the eye \ and if lofl for a time, 

 recover it again by its Angular diftinguifhing facul- 

 ty ; and fhould the bead rejoin the herd, this dog 

 would ^x unerringly on the fame. This fpecies 

 is now lod, or at led unknown to us. 



It mud be obferved that the Agafaus of Dr. Cuius, 



is 



