ON couRsiNf;. 73 



But such of the Celts as hunt for the beauty of the sport, Chai-. ill. 



and not as a means of Hvehhood, never make use of nets. Celtic Saga- 

 cious Ilounus. 



And yet they have a variety of dog not less clever at hunting 



on scent than the Carian and Cretan/ but in shape sorry 



brutes. ^ In pursuit these give tongue with a clanging howl 



like the yelping Carians, but are more eager, when they catch 



the scent. ^ Sometimes, indeed, they gladden so outrageously, 



even on a stale trail, that I have rated them for their excessive 



barking, — alike on every scent, whether it be of the hare going Their Qualities. 



to form, or at speed. * In pursuing and recovering her, when 



geticus of the latter, of these ardent spertsmen or their hounds, save that in his 



chapter on boar-hunting lie orders Indians, Cretans, Locrians, and Spartans to be 



taken to the field, as a fit pack to contend with such ferocious game, fi}) ras eVtru- Xenophon. de 



Xoiffas (picked dogs) 'Iva eroifwi Zcri woXfUiiv r^ S-rtpitf. 



Arrian's meaning therefore must be that Xenophon's description, such as it is, (in 

 hare-hunting confined to the Cnstorian and Foxite hounds,) is applicable to the Ca- 

 rian and Cretan sporting alone, and can have no reference whatever to the peculiar 

 practices of the Celtic coursers. However, I do not believe the difference between 

 the Spartan and Cretan or Carian hounds to have been very marked, and Xenophon, Ejusdem c. m. 

 possibly, may have included the two latter with the former in his general classifica- 

 tion of Kaa-rSpiai and aXccneKiSfS. 



1. Tb KapiKhv koI KprjrtKSu. The Cretan and Carian hounds were amongst the 

 most celebrated of antiquity — powerful, quick-scented, and nimble. For a full 

 account of them see the Appendix. 



2. The Celtic beagle, or Segusian hound, is well known to modern sportsmen, 

 answering exactly to the description here given of him. See the Apjjendix. 



3. AvToi Ixvevovffai (txiv K\ayyfj Koi vKayfxw. So Oppian, 



ttAX' oiroV !fx>'6os o^pe SiTjeploio Tvxr)ffri, Oppian. Cyn. i. 



Kayxa\a,a, kvv^h re KexapM**'*'^- 



4. TijJ Spoiiaitf) oh fiuou ^ Tij! evvai(c. Holsten has here misapjirehended his author 

 in the version of the 1st edition. Xenophon, with his usual accuracy, ex(>lains the 



difference of the two scents : to iikv ivvata 6 \ayu)s iropeverai i(pt(TTdfifvos, ri 5e 5po- i-v yp,,,. ^ „ 

 fjLoia rdxv. The former is of course a stronger scent than the latter ; for the hare 7. 



goes slowly to her form, often stopping, and saturating the ground with her trail ; but 

 her pace, when pursued, is quickened, and leaves less impregnation. Wase thinks 



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