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twin-sons of Leila,) who contributed their services in common to 

 almost every variety of chase : 



Oppian. Cyneg. ^uval Brjpoavvai re Xiuwv, Ivvai re iro5a7poi' 



L. IV. 43. I- ^ s' > ' fl ' !t ' ' ' fli 



iTTTTOtJ r)5e Kvueaai diaiKe/jLev. 



We know not at this period whether the different varieties of the 

 canine tribe are to be classed under the same species — whether a 

 specific identity exist in the wolf, the jackal, and the dog — nor 

 whether, in the latter family, the peculiar adaptation of each variety 

 for peculiar functions can be the accidental consequences of mere 

 degeneration, excited to change by the climate of different countries, 

 and the ingenuity of man. 



Let the primeval stock be what it may, the race was first initiated 

 in the pursuit of wild animals by that celebrated sportsman, the 

 Amyclean Pollux ; — for we must not despise fable where history is 

 silent, and again quote the Greek poet of the chase : 



Onpian. Cyneg. irphs Se fiodovs Oripvv Kwas SiirAiae Kapxcip^SovTas 



StoyevTis ■npSnos /iaKf:^aifi6vios no\v5evK7]S, 

 Kol yap iru7/uaxi7?(7[ \vypovs ipapi^aro (pwras, 

 Kol (TKv\dKia<n doais fiaXlovs iSaixdacraTO Orjpas. 



The species being distributed over the habitable world, derived its 

 various names from its geographical distribution i— each country 

 having its variety of the race, characterized by remarkable qualities, 

 and distinguished by them in the Cynegetical works of Greece and 

 Rome : — 



1. Tlie exceptions to this geographical nomenclaturg are only I'our, viz. the Ver- 

 tragus, otherwise called the Celtic or Gallic hound ; the Metagon, a lime-hound; 

 the Agassaaus ; and Petronius : the origin of which two latter names is uncertain. 

 The sub-varieties of the Cretan, mentioned by Arrian and Julius Pollux, may also 

 constitute exceptions to the general rule ; but these, vpith the Menelaides and Har- 

 modii, Caslorii and Alopecides, must be considered as merging in the more general 

 titles of Crete and Laceda;mon : and so likewise the porter and pastoral dogs, and 

 others deriving their names from their vocations, in the topical appellatives of their 

 respective countries. 



L. II. 18. 



