from Arriiin. 49 



That he was ignorant of the ufe of grey* 

 hounds flands, I think, in need of no 

 proof. For the inhabitants of that part of 

 Europe, where they were bred, were un- 

 known, except chofe places in Italy which 

 the Greeks poflefTed, and thofe with whom 

 they had an intercourfe by means of their 

 maritime commerce ; and that he knew no 

 dogs equal in fwiftnefs to greyhounds is evi- 

 dent from thefe words : * ** Thofe Hares 

 ** that are caught by the dogs are taken, 

 ** contrary to the nature of the animal, by 

 ** accident." But, if he had known the 

 ufe of greyhounds, he would rather have 

 faid this of the dogs, viz. ** That, when 

 ** they let a Hare efcape, it happened, con- 

 ** trary to the nature of the animal, by ac* 

 " cident." For a Hare never can efcape 

 from thofe that are well formed, and of a 

 generous fpirit, unlefs it happens, through 

 the difficulties of the country, either by 

 hiding in woods, or by concealing herfelf 

 in the hollows and caves of the ground, or 



•" See page 29 of Xenophon's Treatife on Hunting. 



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