62 THE BRITISH PUGNACES. 



which is depicted the vast Celtic greyhound. There are 

 two scenes, both stags being chased by these gigantic grey- 

 hounds, which appear perfectly smooth-coated, and approach- 

 ing nearer to the Great Dane than the Scotch deerhound or 

 Irish wolf dog in type. The action of the stags is particularly 

 spirited, and true to life. In one, the stag is looking back at 

 the long dog dashing after him ; in the other, there are two 

 dogs, the former has just seized the stag by the hock, the 

 latter is rushing up from behind. All three dogs are identical 

 in type, and they are longer and as large as the stags 

 themselves. The delineation of both dogs and stags is 

 remarkably fine. In the parish of Castor, some more of these 

 greyhounds, together with deer and hare were found repre- 

 sented on a Mosaic pavement, vide account in Roman 

 Antiquities, by E. T. Artis, 1823. 



Before concluding these remarks, it is only fair to the 

 enthusiastic antiquarian, Mr. Wickham, to state that although 

 in his 75th year at the time, and a stranger to me, nevertheless 

 distantly connected through our common ancestor the father 

 of the celebrated William of Wickham, his descendant carried 

 out his motto " manners makyth man" by very courteously 

 assisting me to much of the foregoing information respecting 

 this early pottery, on which he was an able authority. 



Some account of the early British mastiff and two figures 

 of the same are given in Wright's work, " The Kelt, the 

 Roman, and the Saxon," vide pages 207, 208, 211, and 212, 

 published 1852. There are also some specimens of the 

 British mastiff figured on some Romano Britannic pottery 

 in the museum of British curiosities at York. 



