288 APPENDIX. 



P. A. Bargffi Sin autem tete oblectant, qui prEeniia cursu 



Cynegel. L. v. Certa petunt, celerique fug^ lata a^quora verrunt : 



Elige quos vultus tristes, demissa(jue cervix 

 Oruat, et argutum supra slant lumina rostrum 

 Nigra quidetn, sed quee multo splendore coruscant. 

 OUis OS ingens ad tempora pene dehiscit, 

 Lataque frons tenues consurgere suspicit aures. 

 Ac veluti coluber frigus perpessus in altis 

 Terrarum latebris hyemes effugit aquosas, 

 Moxque adeo sub vera novo jam sole calente 

 Exiit, et multo se suscitat improbus sestu, 

 Ac si forte aliquem propius persensit euntem, 

 Explicat iuimensos orbes, atque arduus eifert 

 Cervicem, et rigido summum capite aera findit. 

 Vergat humi propior stomachus, lateque patescat 

 Pectus : et baud longis insistant cruribus armi' 

 Sublimes : tum prona suis extantia costis 

 Et latei°a, et lumbis qua jungitur alvus obesis, 

 Pressa animis calidum ostendant, et viribus acrem. 

 PrsBcipue clunes inter si stricta supremos 

 Ilia demittant caudam, quae currat ad imum 

 Tenuis, ubi extrema vix tandem in parte residat : 

 Et parvuni sese sinuans deflectat in orbem. 

 At vero tereti pronat vestigia planta. 

 Quae spatiis digitos nusquara discludat apertis, 

 Et multucn solidos paulatim curvet in ungues. 

 Leelapis baud aliam formaru mirata vetustas 

 Esse refert, &c. 



Let the kvcjv KcXtikos of Anian be the classic prototype of the 

 modern greyhound — the Canis Gallicus of Ovid ^ — whose style of 



1. For a beautiful image of the Celtic greyhound the reader is referred to Pere 

 Montfaucon, L'Antiquile expliquee. Tom. iii. Liv. iv. pi. 176. A medallion from the 

 arch of Constantine exhibits the Emperor Trajan with his huntsmen, accompanied by 

 a type of this dog, the most elegant which antiquity has transmitted to us. It has 

 been copied on stone for the preceding work by Messrs. Day and Haghe ; who have 

 added to our embellishments Chrysis and Aura from an ancient gem — Lajlaps from 

 Tempesta — and some spirited outlines from the antique. But I have most pleasure 

 in referring my readers to the genuine Celtic exemplars — the veloces catuli — of the 

 Townley collection of the British Museum, faithfully lithographed by the same artists. 

 This beautiful group of greyhound puppies, in white marble, was found by Mr. Gavin 

 Hamilton in the year 1774, at Monle Cagnolo, part of the villa of Antoninus Pius, 

 near the ancient Lanuvium, beyond the " lucus et ara Dianfe," of the A'^ia Appia. A 

 second, nearly similar, was discovered at the same place, and purchased by Visconti 



