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sequence : nor does it greatly matter whether the parts beneatli Chai-. iv. 

 the forehead be protuberant with muscle. ^ They are alone 

 bad which are heavy-headed, having thick nostrils, with a 

 blunt instead of a pointed termination. Such then are well- 

 headed hounds. Their eyes should be large, up-raised, clear, 

 strikingly bright. The best look fiery, and flash like lightning, 

 resembling those of leopards, lions, or lynxes. ^ Next to these 



G. Xenophon reprobates hook-nosed hounds, at Se ypviral darofjioi, koI Sia tovto ov De Venat. 



KOTe'xoycrt T^;' Aa7a). Pollux would have the iieads light and airy, Kov(pat koI ev<bo- c. in. also c. i v. 



I I 1 ■ , . • , > , . Onomastic. L. 



poi : and wlieu speaking on human anatomy, explains the terms ypviral and aifial, v c S7 



eVi Se rov ffifiov, (pa'njs hv i)S icTTW ri fits e'w fieffuv Ko'iKt]' Sxrirfp iirl rou ypvTrov, pis Onomastic. L, 



KaiiTTvKT]. ]\Iany of the features of Pollux's portrait of the C. Venaticus are appro- "* *^' '^'' 



priate to the Celtic hound. See Onomast. L. v. c. 37. 



The more modern Cynegetica agree, in all important points, with the structure 



approved by Arrian : " A greihounde shuld have a longe liede and somdele greet jMawStcr of 



ymakyd in the manere of a luce, a good large mouthe and good sesours the on agein ©aiWC, c. xv. 



the other, so that the nether jawes passe not hem above, ne that thei above passe not 



hem by nether." 



fol. 60. 



A grehounde sholde be Book of 



Heeded lyke a snake. ^^^"iri-' ^''* 



14bo. 



" Capite et collo oblongis," says Belisarius : " longo et piano capite," Alhertus. Markham's 



" He should have a fine, long, lean head, with a sharp nose rush-grown, from the ^°""'^^y Con- 



' tent. B.I. p. 48. 



eyes downwards. 



7. 'IvcoStj — sinewy. Xenophon says, iVwSt) to. KarwO^v laiv fUTdlnrwv : but his 

 namesake is indiiferent on this point. 



8. Oppiau describes tiie eyes of lions as 



"Onixara S" alyXrievTa : Cyneg. lu. 



v. 20. 



and again, 



Ka\ irvphs affrpdirToucriv air' ofQaXixSiv afiapvyai : v. 32. 



of the leopard or panther, 



ofifia (paeivht^, v. 09. 



y\avKi6ucri Kupai 0\e(pdpois virh fj.apnaipovat, 



yXavKwuaiv o/uoD re, Ka\ ivhoQi (poiviaauvTat ' 



aiOo/Mei'ais '/kcAoi, TrupiAOjUire'es : 



