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the same country as the king. Yot Strabo, notwithstanding he StraboL. xv. 

 commemorates the prowess of the Albanian race of dogs, particu- 

 hirly notes that those presented to the king of Macedonia were 

 Indian ; and he is supported by Phitarcli, Diodorus Siculiis, and 

 Julius Pollux, differing somewhat in the historical detail. SolMius, 

 for the most part a copyist of Pliny and Strabo, is, on this occasion, 

 it may be, mistaken in assigning to them an Albanian origin. 

 Speaking of the Albanese, he says : " A pud hos populos nati canes C.J. Solini 

 feris anteponuntur, frangunt tauros, leones prcmunt, detinent quid- "c. xv. 

 quid objectum : quibus ex causis meruerunt etiam annalibus tradi. 

 Legimus petenti Indiam Alexandro, k rege Albani»E dono duos mis- 

 sos," <!t:c. — and again, " Hoc genus canes crescunt ad formam am- 

 plissimam, terrificis latratibus ultra rugitus insonantes." May we Vide Bodini 

 not reconcile these statements by considering the Albanese dogs of Oppian. p. 63. 

 the Latin historians — Pliny, Solinus, and Curtius — the Indians of 

 the Greek authors — Strabo, Plutarch, Diodorus, ^lian, and Pol- 

 lux — and the Albania of the former, the India of the latter ? The 

 inhabitants of Albania and India were both excessively addicted to 

 hunting — djjpevriKoi re /cat avrol Ka) c'l nures avriuv eh v7t€p(3o\iiv. Strabo L. xr. 



The Iberian dog is mentioned by Julius Pollux, Oppian, and 

 Nemesian — the latter poet merely saying the breed is not to be de- 

 spised by sportsmen ; 



Nee tibi Pannonics stirpis teninatur origo, Neniesian. 



Nee quorum proles de sanguine nianat Ibero ; J &• • • 



and the former recommending it to be crossed with Sarmatian blood, 



'2,apfiaTiK6v re itoaiv (popiois nphs 'l^7}pi5a vviJ.<pT]v, Oppian. Cyneg. 



L. I. 397. 



Darcius records the strength, courage, and velocity of the Albanian 

 breed ; 



AdJe etiam Albanos, qui quantum viribus apris Darcii 



Occursare valent, fulvosque jequare leones, V enusini 



, Canes. 



Lt vasto indomitos certamine frangere tauros, 



Aligeras tantum cursu pra;vertere damas ; 



and two lines below mentions the dogs, " quos dives Iberia pascit," 

 as if distinct from the Albanese — which, if Asiatic, they certainly 

 resembled. It is, however, possible, that Darcius may allude to 



