Ari'ENDlX. 



221 



CANES VENATICl. Class I. 



CANES BELLICOSI or PUGNACES. 



Quibus est auducia prceceps. 



Tho type of this class is given by Gratius in the following lines, 

 which must be taken as a general description, requiring some lati- 

 tude in its application to individuals : ^ 



Sint celsi vultus, sint hirtee frontibiis aures, 

 Os magnum, et patulis agitatos morsibus ignes 

 Spirent, adstricti succingant ilia ventres, 

 Cauda brevis, longumque latus, discretaque collo 

 Caesaries, non pexa nimis, non frigoris ilia 

 Impatiens : validis turn surgat pectus ab armis, 

 Quod roagnos capiat motus, magnisque supersit. 

 EflFuge, qui lat^ pandit vestigia plants. 

 Mollis in officio, siccis ego dura lacertis 

 Crura velim, et solidos haec in certamina calces. 



By its side we may place its counterpart in Greek ; — for, notwith- 

 standing the Oppianic sketch has been appropriated by Bodinus to 

 the Albanese, it certainly may be viewed in a broader light, as a 

 picture in outline of the whole pugnacious family, without reference 

 to individuals : 



dovpoi S' av6' erepoi, rolaiv fnveSriios oXktj, 



SffffOl KOl TavpOtCTLV iTTiXpO-OV r]\)yiVi'lOlS, 



KoX avas vfipKTTripas iTrdi^aures oKerruai' 

 S<T<T0t /urj5e Xeovras iovs rpiiovffw dvuKras, 

 ^aTpe<p4es, irpuveffffiv iotK6Tes a.Kpo\6(poi(Ti. 

 (jifxuTipoi ixkv tcuTi irpoadnrara, Zeiva S' vTrepBe 

 vivei. eiTicrKvvloKn fifaScppva, Kal TrypJecrey 

 6(pda\fj.oi X'^poTrfiO'iv vKoariK^ovTis diruiraTs' 

 pivhs anas Xiaios, Kparephv defias, ivpea vuna' 

 KpaLTTfol 5' ov TiKiQovcriv, arhp ft-ivos evSodi iroAA^j' 

 Kal ffdivos &(ppa<TTOV, KpaSir] Kal Gvfihs avaiSris, 



Gratii Ilalieut. 

 vs. 98. 



Gratii Cyneg 

 vs. 269. 



Oppian. Cyneg. 

 L. I. 413. 



1. We may suppose the muzzle in this class more or less truncated, and the capa- 

 city of the cranium diminished. But the sketches of physical structure are too 

 superficial in tlie ancient cynegetica to found a classification on the principle of 

 M. F. Cuvier. 



