ON rounsiNG. 



83 



round, unci flexible ; '^ ^q that it" you forcibly draw the dogs 

 backwards by their collars, it may seem to be broken, from its 

 flexibility and softness. Broad chests are better than narrow. 

 Let them have shoulders standing wide-apart, ^^ not tied toge- 



Chap. V. 



17. 



Seipi) fiifKedav}), koI ffrfidea v4p6e Kparaiii, 

 ftipea. 



Oa the necessity of a long neck all the Cynegetica, ancient and modern, are agreed ; 

 but there is a difference of opinion on the formation of the chest. " The neke," 

 according to De Langley, should be " grete and longe, bowed as a swannes nek." 

 " Pectore acuto," says Belisarius, " costis inferiiis longis, et ad ima paululiim tra- 

 hentibus : pra;cordiis lateribusque ita amplis, ut sine difficultate canes spiritum 

 trahant. Nam quo facilior respiratio fuerit, tanto expeditiores ad cursum erunt." 

 Albertus agrees with him in all points of importance. Juliana's portrait is " neckyd 

 lyke a drake :" Markhara's, " a long neck, a little bending, with a loose hanging 

 wezand ; a broad breast, straight fore-legs, and side-hollow ribs." 



Topsel translates from Albertus an invention " to make a greyhound have a long 

 neck," far too ridiculous to be extracted. Indeed, this worthy Bishop of Ratisbon 

 fully merits the character given of him by Sir Thos. Brown, " that he hath delivered 

 most conceits, with strict enquiry into few :" and the Rector of St, Botolph's, Alders- 

 gate, is a close copyist of all his absurdities. 



18. The following lines complete the accurate portrait of the Cilician poet : 



Oppian. Cyneg. 

 I. 405. 



iMagstcr of 

 (JSame. c. xv. 



fol. (56. 

 Belisar. Aquiv. 



Aragoneus 

 de Venatione. 



Booke of 

 Hawkyng, &c. 



Hist, of Four- 

 footed Beasts, 

 &c. 1657. 



Vulgar Errors. 

 B.I. 



Tw TrpdffOev 54 t' oXi^oripoi irJSe effrwv, 

 6pOoTevf7s KdiKwv ravaol doKixnpees jVtoJ, 

 eupees wnoirXdrai, irXevpuv iiriKapaia rapah, 

 offcpvfs ivaapKoi, fir] irioves' avrap uTtiaOe 

 ffTpKpvij r' (KTaSiSs re ireKoi So\iX<i<TKios oiipr). 

 ToiQi fifv Tavaoiffiv i(poir\l^oivTo ZpSjioun 

 S6pK0is, T/5' i\dcpo 1.(7 IV, deW6-iroBi re A«7ai^. 



Oppian. Cyneg 

 1.406. 



Nemesian is brief, but highly illustrative : 



Elige tunc cursu facilem, facilemque recursu, 

 Seu Lacedasmonio nataro, sen rure Molosso, 

 Non humili de gente canem. Sit cruribus altis, 

 Sit rigidis, multamque gerat sub pectore lato 

 Costarum, sub fine decenter prona, carinam. 

 Quae sensim sursijs sicca se colligat alvo, 

 Renibus anipla satis vadis, diductaque coxas, 

 Cuique nimis molles fluitent in cursibus aures. 



Nemesian. 

 Cyneg. 106. 



