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ARRIAN 



Chap. XXXI. 



Xenophon's 

 instructions 

 approved. 



Care of brood - 



bitches, not 



allowed to 



suckle. 



tion, " in this we should also attend to him ; for the names 

 which he has enumerated, (in part the invention of others, and 

 some of his own creation), are cleverly composed. 



But if you do not as yet wish your bitches to breed up any 

 puppies, you must take the greatest possible care of them 

 while under distress in consequence.^ For when they have 



Columella 

 de Re Rust. 

 L. VII. c. 12. 



C^neg. 

 443. 



De V^enat. 

 L. 1. 



Hercules 

 Stroza. 



Shall at thy kennel wait, and in their laps 

 Receive thy grovi^ing hopes, with many a kiss 

 Caress, and dignify tlieir little charge 

 With some great title, and resounding name 

 Of high import. 



2. Sec Xenophon de Venat. c. vii. ,5. All the names left us by Xenophon, Arrian, 

 and Columella, are Hissyllabical. Nominibus autem non longissimis appellandi sunt, 

 quo celerius quisque vocaius exaudiat ; nee tamen brevioribus, quam quaj duabus 

 syllabis enunlientur. Oppian names bis puppies, while young and tractable, 

 I'T/TTtaxoi : 



•> avrap VT)itiaxoi<nv eV oiivSfjLaTa OKvXaKiaai 



^aia. T(0€t, 6oa irdt'Ta, Bor]v 'Iva ^d^iv aKovri. 



By which Gesner supposes the names should be " oxytona." Natalis Comes agrees 

 with his predecessors : 



ponantur nomina cuique 

 Certa cani, teneatque ad summura syllaba bina : 

 Protinus ut noscat voces, et verba vocantum. 



The indefatigable German naturalist has alphabetically arranged all the classic 

 names of the Greek and Roman kennels that have descended to us. We find in his 

 canine vocabulary, those of Xenophon, Ovid, Columella, and others of ancient days ; 

 and some from Blondus (of wliich Gesner disapproves) of more modern use. Ilyginus 

 has a copious list of canine appellatives in his 181st fable, entitled " Diana." And 

 one of the most chaste poets of the fifteenth century supplies the kennel with 



bona naribus Heuresiiclme, 

 Theragus, Ocypete, Thoissa, Melaena, Cylindus, 

 Chaetodesque liirtus setis, domitorque ferarum 

 Theridamas, veloxque Lagois, et ocyor ilia 

 Protodomus, longoque legens compendia passu 

 Macrobates, Leuconque rapaci et cum Harpage Tbcron. 



S. El Zi firiTTW idcKois aKvKaKevaai. Schneider is of opinion that Arrian is here 

 cautioning the courser agdinst running a bitch, whom it has been deemed prudent to 



