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Chap. XXX. degenerate CUTS is not congenial to high-bred pu])pies. '^ If, 

 however, the dam herself appear no longer serviceable for 



Cynosopli. 



C. III. 



Hist. Quad. 

 L. I. p. 178. 



De Caue. 



Hist. Nat. 

 L. VIII. c. 40. 



P. Angelii 



Bargaei Cyneg. 



L. V. 



Ejusdeni 

 L. V. 



The same diagnostics occur in the Cynosopliium of Demetrius, and the Alcon of 

 Fracastorius. The former says, the dam (pvaiKa tivX ■ir6Q(f SiaKp'urei ra fieXTiova, 

 Kol i^dyei, and recommends the refuse to be disposed of by sale or gift, after having 

 been placed under foster-parents. The heavier whelps should be placed, according 

 to this writer, under their own dam. But, of course, our diagnostic canons must 

 vary with each variety of dog. Gesner reconciles the conflicting opinions of the 

 Greek and Latin Cynegetica, on tlie selection of puppies, in these words : " ego ita 

 conciliarim, ut ad robur prseferendi sunt graviores ; ad celeritatem, leviores." 



" Optimus in fnetu," says Pliny, " qui novissime cernere incipit, aut quern fert 

 priraum in cubiie fcEta :" and lie is supported by the Virgilian poet of Barga — 



Namque ea quern secum tulit in straraenta, toroque 

 Coniposuit priinutn, prinioque affecit honore, 

 Hie alios omnes cursuque animisque stiperhis 

 Vincet ovaiis, siinul ac loris exire solutis 

 Quiverit, et saJtu transgressus inania campi 

 Intervaila cito diffugerit ocyus Euro. 



He condemns the large and heavy pup as likely to be hereafter deficient in speed : 



Continuo cujus subsidunt pcmdere membra 

 Atque artus major moles gravat, ille volucri 

 Insuetus cursu longe post ultima fratruin 

 Terga relinquetur, frustraque optabit adempta 

 Praeniiaque, et niulto perfusam sanguine prsedam. 



Markham's 

 Countrey Con- 

 tentments. B.I. 

 p. 48. 



" Touching greyhounds," says the practical author of Countrey Contentments, 

 " when they are puppies or young whelpes, those which are most raw-boned, leane, 

 loose-made, sickle or crooked bought, and generally unknit in every member, are 

 ever likely to make the best dogges, and most shapely : but such as in the first three 

 or foure monthes, are round, and close trust, fat, straight, and as it were full sum'd 

 and knit in every member, never prove good, swift, or comely." 



The courser, in selecting youngsters from a numerous Jitter, will not be indif- 

 ferent to 



The marks of their renown'd progenitors — 

 Sure pledge of triumphs yet to come ; 



but will preserve all such " with joy," while he casts " the dwindling refuse to the 

 merciless flood," fearful of overloading " the indulgent mother." 



3. Th yap Twv aryivvuv •ya.Xa. ov ^6n<pv\ov raTs yevvalaii. It is diflicult to prove 

 that the quality of the milk of varieties of the same species of animal is absolutely 



