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utilis," acquired an oarly name and character.' For hideousness of 

 aspect, and ugliness of shape, both were remarkable ; 



Si non ad speciera, mentiturosquc decores 

 Protiniis : biTc una est catulis jactura Britannis : 



— a notification of Ovid's contemporary, which may be interpreted 

 of the sagacious with as much truth as of the pugnacious sorts. 



Modern ingenuity has taught British hounds of chase to pursue 

 many varieties of prey. " Alius leporis, alius vulpis, alius cervi, 

 alius platycerotis, alius taxi, alius lutraj, alius mustelae, alius cuni- 

 culi tantum odore gaudet." The dog does not himself necessarily 

 differ, for adaptation to different game ; and possibly, the old 

 English Talbot was the parent stock, whence all the sub-varieties, at 

 present found in the kennels of Great Britain, originally sprung," 

 modified in shape and character by judicious breeding, and careful 

 management as to quarry : 3 



Graiii Cyneg. 

 vs. 177. 



J. Caii de Ca- 



uibus Britau. 



Libellus. 



1. Under the Canis veiiaticus sagax, ferarum indugator et sectator, the primary 

 definition of Ray, we may place the modern sub-varieties; tbe Sanguinarius stu 



furum deprchensor of Ray, tbe Leverarius of Caius, and Venaticus minor of Ray. 



The Sanguinarius, or blood-hound, is tbe Canis Scoticus, ane Sleuth-hound, of 

 Gesner's Appendix ; briefly therein described from Hector Boethius ; Jind answering 

 to the Inductor of the Classical ages more nearly tban to any other ancient type. 

 He is beautifully described by Somerville, and faithfully by Cains, and Holinslied ; 

 nor is Tickell's sketch, in his fragment on hunting, unworthy of perusal. 



The second sub-variety of the British hound of chase, the Leverarius, harrier or 

 fox-hound, (" sunt ex his," says Caius, "qui duos, ut vulpera atque leporem, variatis 

 vicibus sequi student,") is the Canis Scoticus sagax, vulgb dictus ane Rache of 

 Gesner's Appendix ; " the racche the whiche that men clepen the Rennyng hounde " 



of the iHagsttr of (TJamc, c. xim. fo. 62. 



Of the third sub-variety I shall presently speak under the Agasseeus. 



For further particulars the reader is referred to Gervase Markham's clear, accurate, 

 and entertaining portraits of" the slow," "the middle-sized," and "nimble hounds," 

 copied by this laborious compiler from the earlier work of Duke Edmund of York, 

 above cited. He may also consult Ducange's Canis liitrnhilis. 



2. I am happy to refer to the Historian of Manchester, in corroboration of this 

 opinion. Skinner derives the name of the Talbot from the position of his tail — 

 " Canis caud& reflex^ prasditus, credo ab A. S, Tagl, nobis Tail, cauda, et Buiun 

 extra, ultra, foras ! " 



3. Ancient sportsmen were equally aware with their modem descendants of the 



Synopsis Me- 



thodica Anima- 



lium Quadru- 



pedum. 



Coiintrey 



Contentments, 



Booke r. c. i. 



Glossar. in 



voce. 



JOtyniolog. 

 Liug. Anglic. 



