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perhaps to rive, to rend). From German, sich an einem 

 reiberiy to mock, to attack, to provoke one ; lit. to rub 

 oneself against one. 



Rabbit, which is in O. Dutch robbe, has probably the 

 same origin from re'iben. 



The etymology and connection, if any, betw^een the 

 tv^Q words rabbit and riot is difficult to determine. It is 

 very probable that the rabbit was called riot from pro- 

 ducing a brawling when the hounds came across one. 

 The term "running r'lot''^ may well be derived from a 

 hunting phrase. 



ROE. The error regarding the October rut into 

 which G. de F. and the Duke of York fell was one to 

 which the naturalists of much later times subscribed, for 

 it was left to Dr. Ziegler and to Dr. BischofF, the Pro- 

 fessor of Physiology at Heidelberg, to demonstrate in 

 1843 ^^ ^^^^ history of the gestation of the roe, which 

 for more than a century had been a hotly disputed problem. 

 On that occasion it was shown with scientific positiveness 

 that the true rut of the roe takes place about the end of 

 July or first week in August, and that the ovum does 

 not reach the uterus for several months, so that the first 

 development of the embryo does not commence before 

 the middle of December. 



RUNNING HOUNDS AND RACHES (Y. chiens 

 courants). Under this heading we include all such dogs 

 as hunted by scent in packs, whatever the game they 

 pursued might be. They appear in the early records of 

 our kings as Canes de Mota^ Canes currentes^ and as Sousos 

 (scenting hounds) (Close Rolls 7 John ; Mag. Rot. 4, 

 John Rot. 10 ; 4 Henry III.), and are mentioned speci- 

 fically as cervericiis^ deimericiis^ as Heyrectorum (harriers) 

 or canes heirettes^ and foxhounds Tisgupillerettis or wulpericiis 

 (Close Rolls, 15 John). 



The Anglo-Saxon word Hundas^ hound, was a general 

 name for any dog j the dog for the chase in Anglo-Saxon 



