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the Etolian is not admitted into the class of Canes Bellicosi, whose 

 general character was closeness till the game was started ; at winch 

 time a cry, however loud, was not objected to by classic hunts- 

 men, — but the dog, that roused the game by giving tongue before- 

 hand, was strongly reprobated. Such was the faulty dog of Caly- 

 don, who needed all his other better qualities to counterbalance this 

 latrant propensity. That he had some valuable properties Gratius 

 allows, and recommends them to be turned to account by judicious 

 commixture with the mute Molossian's blood : 



vanas tantum Calydonia linguae Cjnegeticus 



Exibit vitium patre emeadata Molosso.' ^''' '""■ 



In consequence of the common Canes Venatici giving tongue or 

 opening, before the game was roused, it was customary with classic 

 sportsmen to employ Inductores, mute finders, " canes tacitae," 

 (Senecae Hippolyt.,) to search out the quarry by the trail ; ^ 



Dogs such whose cold secrecy was meant Sir W. Dave- 



By nature for surprise— "^"'^' C^°^- "• 



■' : . stanza 30. 



Wise cemperate limebounds, that proclaim no scent, 



Nor harb'ring will their mouths in boasting spend. 



These are the Metagontes of the Faliscian poet — so called from Wase, p. 79. 

 " drawing after their game " — /xerctyojrcs : 



1. Such a sire was most likely to correct the '* vance linguae vitium" of the Calydonian 

 breed; and from such parentage may have been deduced the Glympicus of the son of 

 Astylus. No dam could cross more appropriately with a Molossian sire, contributing, 

 on her part, the important qualities of speed, sagacity, and unwearying ardour of 

 pursuit ; and receiving, from the male side, courage, strength, and closeness of 

 mouth. The cited lines of Gratius, carefully perused in connexion with those which 

 follow in the text, will, I think, warrant the parentage assigned to the hound in 

 question ; and such a view will materially assist the general understanding of a 

 somewhat obscure part of the Cynegeticon. 



2. Without such auxiliaries all the hunter's toil will be fruitless, says Bargaeus : 



Ni tecum canis acer eat, qui naribus auras p. a. Barga;i 



Ducat odoratas, et nusquam impressa ferarum Cyiieg. J^. i. 



Insistat cupide vestigia : nee tamen ullos 

 Latratus, vocesque hilari de pectore mittat, 

 Cum latebrae non longe absuat, fidique recessus. 



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