APPENDIX. 



183 



Finding, on patient trial, the )^f«os evpii Trfpt^re^es of Oppian, with Oppian. Cyneg. 

 its rude accompaninieiit of fire,'cVc. insufficient for capturing the 

 more wary creatures — 



Nam fovea atque igni prius est venarier ortum 

 Quain !-epire plagis saltum, canibusque ciere ; 



he had recourse to the various kinds of weapons, snares, and wily 

 inventions of slaughter described by Xenophon, Gratius, Oppian, 

 and Nemesiati ; and often aUuded to by other writers, both sacred 

 and profane : 



Lucretii 

 L. V. 1249. 



Turn hqueis captare feras, et fallere visco 

 Inventum. 



Virgil. Georg. 

 L. I. 139. 



But " short of due perfection" were all the hunter's wiles, till the 

 dog was tutored to assist in the sylvan pursuit and massacre, and to 

 contribute the acuteness of his senses, his speed and courage, to the 

 service of mankind ; who consummated their superiority over the 

 animals of the forest, when they had directed to their chase the 

 adapted powers of this faithful ally, and begim, in the words of the 

 cited poet of the Georgics — " magnos canibus circumdare saltus," — 

 redeeming thereby their esculent crops and innocuous herds from 

 the ferocious and depredatory aggression of quadruped felons, i 



Kov<povf<iiv T6 (pv\ov 6p- 

 viOccv aiJ.(pt0a\uv &yeL, 

 Otjpioov t' ay piuiv (dvr) 

 irovrov t' elvaXiav (pvaiv 

 crirelpaiffi SiKTvoKXciaroi? 

 ■KepicppaSris avrip' 

 Kparel Se ixr^x^tvals aypav\ov 

 8r]phs opeaaifiaTa.'^ 



Ejusdem 

 140. 



Sophoclis 

 Antigone, 350. 



1, Nee mediocre pacis decus habebatur submota carapis irruptio ferarum, et 

 obsidione quadam liberatus agrestium labor. 



2. According to Manilius tlie power of fasbioning implements of hunting, breeding 

 dogs of good pedigrees, breaking them in, &c. is derived from sidereal influence at our 

 nativities : 



At Procyon orieus, quiim jam vicesima Cancri 

 Septimaque ex undis pars sese emergitin astra, 



Plin. Paneg. 



Trajan. Diet. 



81. 



Rlanilii 



Astronomicon. 



L. V. 



