ON COURSING. 



141 



but such as are effected by dogs in private are reported to 

 succeed. ■' 



Bitches, after being warded, may be led out, as walking 

 about is conducive to their strength ; * but they must not be 



Chap. 

 XXVIII. 



Management 

 afterwards. 



Sed frustra longus properat labor, abdita si non Gratli Cyneg. 



270 



Altiis in latebras, unique inclusa marito 



Foemina, nee patitur veneris sub tempore moechos 

 Ilia, Deque emeritas servat fastigia laudis. 

 Primi complexus, dulcissima prima voluptas. 

 Huric veneri dedit impatiens natura furorem. 



The credulous author of the Cynographia Curiosa adds to the absurdity of the Cynograpb. 

 notion by saying, *' Si turn videantur canes, venationi inutiles patient," borrowing ' P' 



the same from the Cynosophium, where such an opinion is said to be the result of 

 long pxperience. See Cynosoph. c. n. 



3. Kiit(TKSTai re kvuiv €k jxias oxeias' SrjXov Se tovto ylverai lAi-Kuna eV rols KXiitrovcri Aristot. Hist. 

 ras oxdo-S' aTtal "yap iiri^avTis ■n\i)pov(n, says the Stagirite : and again he remarks, AnKual. L. vi. 

 that the Spartan dog and bitch are more inclined to copulate after exercise, a fact well 

 known to sportsmen : irov^<ratnes yhp /xaAAoi' Svi/avrai ox^veiv, ^ apyovvres. (See 

 Scaliger's note on the passage, L. vi. c. xx.) This circumstance is also noticed by 

 ^han and Julius Pollux. Indeed the author of the Onomasticon, in a passage that 

 has escaped the observation of commentators, throws considerable light on the text, 

 which is here rather obscure. See L. v. c. vi. 51. of the Onomasticon. 



Nee prius optatam in venerem dimitte volentes, 

 Quam rapido quassis cursu, quam corpora multo 

 Sole fatigatis vehementior ingruat a;stus. 

 Inde decern nuctes, totidemque ex ordine luces 

 Abde domi, cursusque omnes prohibere memento. 



P. Angelii 



Bargffii Cyneg. 



L. V. 



4. A greyhound bitch may be taken out coursing for ten days after having been 

 warded, but not longer — " Da requiem gravidcB, solitosque remitte labores." Walk- Gratii Cyneg. 

 ing exercise, however, should be continued till the period of parturition arrive. ^** * 



" I! est prouve qu'une lice couverte, qu'on Icusse au clienil, s'engraisse et s'appe- Encvc. Method, 

 santit en cessant de travailler, et qu'en cet ^tat elle fait ses chiens avec peine, et ^ur les Chasses. 

 souventmeme elle meurt dans I'operation" — " on la fait proraener de tems en terns 

 dehors, par un valet de chiens," &c. &c. 



The period of uterine gestation is in the Celtic greyhound the same as in other 

 varieties of the canine tribe : 



Mox cum se bin a formlrit lampade Phoebe 

 Ex quo passa niareni genitalia viscera turgent, 



Neraesian. 

 Cyneg. vs. 130. 



