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Fawcons, wildc fowles to kill." And in O. Fr. sport- 

 ing literature one constantly reads of " Chiens bien, 

 aftaities" (well-broken dogs); "oiseaux bien affaities" 

 (well-trained hawks). Roy Modus, Ixxix. ; Bormans, 

 p. 52 ; La Chace clou Ccrj\ Jub. 157 ; T.M. vol. ii. 

 P- 933- 



ALAUNTES, Allaunts, Canis A hums ; Fr. alans. 

 Also spelt alandcy alaunty allaundcs^ Aloundys (MS. Brit. 

 Mus., Egerton, 1995). ^ee also Twici, p. 56. 



A strong, ferocious dog, supposed to have been brought 

 to Western Europe by a Caucasian tribe called Alains 

 or Alani. This tribe invaded Gaul in the fourth cen- 

 tury, settling there awhile, and then continued their 

 wanderings and overran Spain. It is from this country 

 that the best alans were obtained during the Middle 

 Ages, and dogs that are used for bull- or bear-baiting 

 there are still called Alanos. Gaston de Foix, living on 

 the borders of this country, was in the best position to 

 obtain such dogs, and to know all about them. His 

 description, which we have here, tallies exactly with 

 that written in a Spanish book, L'lhro de la Motiteria^ 

 on hunting of the fourteenth century, written by 

 Alphonso XI. 



Alauntes were used as war dogs, and it was said that 

 when once they seized their prey they would not loose 

 their hold. 



Cotgrave (Sherwood's App.) says that the mastiflF 

 resembles an Alan, and also Wynn in his book on the 

 "British Mastiff" (p. 45) says that he is inclined to 

 think that the Alan is the ancient name for mastiff, and 

 thinks it possible that the Phoenicians brought this breed 

 to the British Isles. He cannot have known the descrip- 

 tion given us of the Alan by the " Master of Game," 

 nor can he have been acquainted with the work of 

 Gaston Phœbus, for he says that the Alan is not men- 

 tioned among any of the earlier dogs of France and 

 Germany. There is ample evidence that they existed 



