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and entering of puppies to thoir game/ (his remarks on those subjects 

 being essentially applicable to hounds of the Celtic type,-) he adds, 



Sic tibi vcloces catulos reparare memento Nemesian, 



Semper, et in parvos iterum protendere curas ; ^J'^^'g- vs. 200. 



and then speaking of Tuscan dogs of scent, sagacious Inductorcs, he 

 contrasts their form with that of the hounds in question, 



Quin et Tuscorum non est extrema voluptas Ejusdem 



Saepe canum : sit forma illis licet obsita villo, 

 Dissimilesque habeant catulis velocibus artus.... 



at which point he suddenly arrests his pen, and changes his subject, 

 deferring till a subsequent part of his poem, unfortunately lost, the 

 qualities of this keen-nosed tribe of hounds, 



Horum animos, moresque simul, naresque sagaces Ejusdem 



vs. 235 

 Mox referam : nunc omnis adhuc narranda supellex 



Venandi, cultusque milii dicendus equorum. 



The latter subjects completed, he again takes up the cattili veldces, 

 and slips them on the sporting field, at the period of the year usual 

 with modern coursers for the commencement of their diversion, viz. 

 the beginning of winter ; 



hiemis sub tempus aquosre Ejusdem 



Incipe veloces catulos immittere pratis, ^^* ■'•^** 



Incipe coruipedes latos agitare per agros. 



1. Wernsdorf, who does not in general attempt to apply liis poet's instructions to Poela; Latini 

 any particular variety of hound, admits the Canis tiro, entered to the hare, vs. 186. „ Mmores. 

 seqq., to be of the Vertragus type. 



2. It is worthy of notice that, whereas the earlier Greek and Latin Cynegetica 

 recommend heterogeneous commixture in breeding for the chase — crossing the canine 

 families of diflferent countries with each other, under the hope of improving the pure 

 indigente — jVemesian contends for parity of sort, and purity of blood, to supply the 

 greyhound kennel, (" huic parilem submitte parem," &c.) ; as if aware, with the 

 modern courser, that the essential attributes of the Celtic type would necessarily be 

 impaired, if not annihilated, by the admixture of alien blood. Arrian's silence too, 

 on the subject of omnifarious copulation, indicates a conviction of its inapplicability 

 to breeding for the leash. 



