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Chap. VIII. Some greyliouncls eat voraciously, others with delicacy. * 

 From their The latter mode of feeding indicates a dog of better blood than 

 feeding. the former. - Good dogs are not bad feeders, but fond of 

 bread or gruel. ^ This kind of farinaceous food is most 

 strengthening to them, and there is no fear of their gorging 

 themselves too much with it. I prefer, however, their liking 

 food quite dry ; * and yet, if it be moistened with water, and 

 they still relish it, it is no evil. 



1. The watchful eye of the Veltrarius is required at the time of feeding: indeed it 

 is best for each hound to have his separate allotment of food ; so difficult is it to 

 check the voracious, and encourage the delicate, when placed at the same trough. 



^lian, de Tpo4>^s Se riju Koivuvlav ^Kicrra tVSe'xorTot Kiifes' -n-oWaKis yovv Kol vwep ocrriov dW'^- 

 JNatura Animal, ^g^j crwapdrTOVcriv uxrirepovv 6 MeveKeais koI 6 Udpis inrep TrjS 'EXeVrjs. 

 L. VII. c. 19. „ . , , - , , X ■ ,. 1- , 



2. Td KOffiiiov yevvaidTfpov tov aKoa^ov, 1 never knew a very gross-feeding dog to 



possess any excellence. 



3. "ApTCf. Demetrius devotes a few sections to the subject of feeding, recom- 

 Cynosophium. mending " milk to be gradually added to bread (the dog's usual diet) when it is 



p. 270. wished to raise him in flesh, until it becomes his only nutriment, morning and even- 



ing. From this he is to be again weaned, by the gradual abstraction of the milk, 

 when we desire to reduce him. In the former case, he is not to have his liberty; in 

 the latter, he is to be daily exercised. A second kind of nutritious food consists of 

 oatmeal gruel with fat ; and a third, of bean flour, oil, and fat bacon." Wheaten 

 bread or biscuit, with gruel made from the farina of oats, is the best nutriment for all 

 hounds. 

 Markhani 's " When you have a perfect and well-shapt greyhound, your next rule is to apply 



Lountrey Con- yourselfe to the dyetting and ordering of him, for the pleasure to which you keepe 



tentments. B. I. . ... j f 



p. 49. See also ^^"^» '^^^ bringing him to the uttermost height or strength of winde, you may know 



pp. 50. 51. the uttermost goodnesse that is within him, which disorderly and foule keeping will 



conceals, and you lose a jewell, for want of knowledge of the value. Dyetting then 



of greyhounds consisteth in four especiall things, viz.^foode, exercise, ayring, and 



kennelling ; the first nourishing the body, the second the limbes, the third the winde, 



and the last the spirits." 



4. "Ajiuvov Se et /col ^-qpa rp Tpo(p§ x*'/"""'' Hounds readily support themselves 

 with dry oat or wheat meal. Maza is variously interpreted — flour mixed with oil 

 and water, and flour beat up with milk : 



Savary Alb. Hordea quotidiana illis sint pabula; avenam 



Dianas 

 Leporicid. mediam addidens, sic spontc resolvitur alvus. 



L. III. p. 31. 



