( 7 ) 

 long and rough hair : was in great vogue in 

 old times, and ufed in great numbers by 

 the chieftains in their magnificent huntings. 

 I» the kind Boethius calls, genus venaiicum cum 

 celerrimum, tarn aiidacifimum. Er. miaJ-chu. 



Terrier. The breed in the ifle of Skie par- 

 ticularly good : much encouraged in mofl 

 parts, for the deilrudlion of foxes. Er. 

 Abhag. 



Blood-hound. Now in difufe ; formerly 

 much cultivated, efpecially on the borders, 

 where it gave furprizing inftances of its faga- 

 dity, purfuing and detecting robbers and mur- 

 derers, even after a flight of feveral miles. 

 Inhabitants on the Englijh borders were 

 bound to keep {o many dogs of this kind in 

 every diftri6t. They were called Slough or 

 Slothe hounds, from their following the flot 

 or track of men or cattle. 



I. Fox. Br.Zooh^. ij8, 3</f>/. No. 11. Syv. quad. No. 112. 



Er. Siotinacb, Ba'goire. 



SWARMS in many parts of the high- 

 lands : fo deftruflive to Iheep as to oblige 

 the farmer to houfe them at night ; will kilJ 

 even goats. Aie not to be extirpated, by 

 reafon of the vaft rocks and mountains. 

 None in the Orkney or Shetland ifles, nor in 

 any of the Hebrides , except Skie. 



CAT. 



