AFl'K N 1)1 X, 



227 



Animal. 

 L. VIII. c. 1. 



body, the teeth still adhered with the trunkless, but still mordacious 

 head, (credat Judeeus,) suspended to the wound. But let the credulous 

 story-teller speak for himself: — kciI TeXevTwvres rj/$ KefaXiis to Xoittov iElian. de Nat. 

 aufxa d^e7\o)* ohovres ht eiceiy)} }'ipTT]rTO rj/s e^ "PX''* avTiXapiis, koI >; 

 Kt^aXj) })(i}pe7ro fxerewpos eic tov Xeojros, avrov fievroi tov oaKOPTOs t| 

 apx»;s ovK en ovtos. The"dog like the British bull-dog was memo- 

 rable for never quitting his hold — a feature in his ferocious character 

 remarked by Phile in his iambic versification of Elian's marvellous 

 tale. 



Travrhs Kwhs ixeyiatos, 'IvZhs iras kvwv. 

 t)S ovSf Thv \fovTa irap6vTa rpe'juet, 

 avOiffTarat Se, Koi (T<ppLya irphs tV y.a.xr\v, 

 Kol To7s jSpuxiJ^yUoTs avQvXaKTU avvrSfiois, 

 eyKUfievov Se Kaprfpe7 rhv avddSrj. 

 Kol SaKViTai fifv, avTiSuKvei Se irXiov. 

 Tf\os Se TOV TevovTos aiirhy apTrdcras, 

 ^iiTTeL Kara yrjs, Kal (nrapdrrei, koI 6\lpei. 

 K&v Tis eireXdwv a7ro/f(5\|/j? t6 aKe\os 

 7$ rhv /Meyav dyxoi'Ti, Kal irp\v yevvdSav, 

 fi6\is & veKphs VTravri(Tei rh arojxa.. 



In the scarce plates of Stradan, engraven by Galle, there is a 

 picture of the Canis Indicus, as I conceive, fighting with the ele- 

 phant and lion. The annexed quatrain, by Kilian Duffla^us, suffi- 

 ciently explains it, but is not worthy of citation. The following 

 poetical portrait, however, by a far better scholar, will be read with 

 pleasure, whether viewed as delineating the Indian, or his congener, 

 the Albanian : 



De Animal. 



Proprietate. De 



cane Indico. 



p. 148. 



Venatioues 

 Ferarum, &c. 



pi. IV. 



— si aliqua e sylvis sese fera nobilis altis 

 Offeret, et campo belluin committit aperto, 

 (Degeneris neque eniin laetatur sanguine praedas) 

 Vim canis egregiam, atque acres mirabere pugnas. 

 Vidimus assuetos inter deserta ferarum 

 Nequicquam immanes irasci in cornua tauros. 

 Sternere ludus apros, nee totam excandet in iram. 

 Si rigidis pugnent infonnes unguibus ursi. 

 Gaudet atrox magni fremitura si forte leonis 

 Audiat, et celeri rapitur per devia cursu, 

 Ac formidando metuendus obambulat hosti, 

 Villosas donee cervici adnisus inhasret, 

 Sanguineaque feram morientem extendi! areni. 



Hercul. Stroz» 

 Csesar. Borgife 

 Ducis Epiced. 



