from Arrian. 51 



no way Inferior> except in ipeed, to the 



Carian and Cretan dogs \ fo that, in the 



winter, it is very well if they * kill one 



Hare, as they require fo long a time to reft, 



unlefs fhe is taken by being aftoniflied at 



the noife they make. Thele are called 



•f- Segufii, from a part of Gallia, where I 



fuppofe they are bred, and held in efteem. 



As for thefe, every thing that can be faid 



concerning them has already been faid by 



% Xenophon ; for they have nothing peculiar 



or different in their manner of hunting or 



finding, unlefs we were to fpeak of their 



form, which is hardly worth while, except 



* In the text of Blancard's Arrian it Is xaTaxJ^-oitv, " if 

 •* they move ;" but he adds in a note, Lege cum libro 

 fcripto xaraxatvoisv. I have preferred the MS. though there 

 is a difficulty in both readings. ** Unlefs Ihe is taken," 

 s\ f^Yi d'/Jv, can only refer to the laft word ; but the making 

 it not unufual for thefe finders, who are allowed to be flower 

 than Xenophon's hounds, to kill one Hare a day, feems ex- 

 traordinary, after what he has faid before. ; 



f In the text of Blancard's Edition, it is lyt'ir'iui, Egufiir, 

 But he fays, in a note. Sic quoque codex nofter, fed legen- 

 dum Segufii. Segufia -is a town of Piedmont, now called 

 Sufe. H. Stephens propofen Accufii, the antient name for 

 Grenoble being Accufiorum Colonia. 



E 2 merely 



