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proves that, in the time of Xenophon, 

 Greyhounds were not known in Greece, 

 I ihall tranflate fo much of him as fliews 

 the mode of couriing among the Antient 

 Gauls, which will be found nearly iimilar 

 to that prad:ifed at the prefent time. 



In regard to my tranllation, I muft 

 beg leave to diifent from the Critical Re- 

 view of this Work on its firil publicatioru 

 J am there cenfured for adopting the techni- 

 cal Hunting Language of the prefent day ; 

 but, befides the curiofity of perceiving that 

 the hunting phrafes, and even the hollows, 

 of the Antient Greek fportfman, exadlly 

 refembled thofe of the modern Englifh one> 

 it will be found impoffible to render the 

 original at all intelligible in a tranflation by 

 any other means. I think the notes on the 

 following pages will fully (hew, that it is 

 very difficult for a general Greek fcholar to 



translate 



