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Chap. XIII. the Weather be very hot, I would have you take an egg in 

 your hand, open your dog's mouth, and push it down, that he 

 may swallow it at one gulp. This will be nourishment enough 

 for him, will cherish his wind, and quench his thirst. * 



Chap. XIV. 



Seasons of 

 Coursing. 



You may go out coursing frequently in spring and autumn, * 

 these seasons being attended with the least risk to your dogs — 



ffj/ieX^ and ariap, see Aristot. Hist. Animal. L. in. c. xvii. The properties of each 



are evidently distinct. 



Columel. de 4. " Sa;pe etiara languor et nausea discutitur, si integrum gallinaceum ovum 



K. li. VI. 4. 2. jejunis faucibus inferas," &c. So also Tardif, as cited by Gesner, " si canis inter 



His oria venandum nimi^ siti laboret, duo aut tria ova confracta in gulam ei imraittes : sic 



Quadruped. &c. 



enim sitim extingues, et a periculo hecticae vel marasmi canem liberabis. ' 



1. Ancient sportsmen were accustomed to follow their field sports through the 



whole year; and often prolonged the chase till midnight. Hor. L. i. Od. i. 



Oppian.Cyneg. 

 I. 112. 



iroTi 8' effirepiov, iroTe S' avre Kol op(t>VTi 

 6rjpas vv' aKTivecrffi ae\rtva'n)S iSdfxaaaav. 



But the more humane of modern days have abridged this perpetuity of warfare with 

 the animals of the field and forest by legislative enactment. 



Nemesian alone, of all the cynegetical writers of Greece and Rome, enjoins us to 

 commence coursing at the period usually adopted : 



Cyneget. 

 V.321. 



Hiemis sub tempus aquosee 

 Incipe veloces catulos imraittere pratis, 

 Incipe cornipedes latos agitare per agros. 



Dame Juliana, seemingly careless of the " her-hounde's " impatience of heat, held 

 on till Midsummer; 



Book of 

 St. Albans. 



At myghelmas begynneth huntynge of the haare : 

 And lastyth tyll mydsomer there wyll no man it spare. 



Natalis Comes allows us to sport during the whole spring, preferring that season for 

 the reasons stated in the text — 



De Venat. 

 L. I. 



Nam neque tunc horrent torpentia frigora brumae. 

 Nee uimio uruntur florentia prata calore. 



