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perhaps to rive, to rend). From German, sich an eiuem 

 reihen, to mock, to attack, to provoke one ; lit. to rub 

 oneself against one. 



Rabbit, which is in O. Dutch robbc, has probably the 

 same origin from rciben. 



The etymology and connection, if any, between the 

 two words rabbit and riot is difficult to determine. It is 

 very probable that the rabbit was called j-'iot from pro- 

 ducing a brawling when the hounds came across one. 

 The term " running riot " may well be derived from a 

 hunting phrase. 



ROE. The error regarding the October rut into 

 which G. de F. and the Duke of York fell was one to 

 which the naturalists of much later times subscribed, for 

 it was left to Dr. Ziegler and to Dr. BischofF, the Pro- 

 fessor of Physiology at Heidelberg, to demonstrate in 

 1843 the true history of the gestation of the roe, which 

 for more than a century had been a hotly disputed problem. 

 On that occasion it was shown with scientific positiveness 

 that the true rut of the roe takes place about the end of 

 July or first week in August, and that the ovum does 

 not reach the uterus for several months, so that the first 

 development of the embryo does not commence before 

 the middle of December. 



RUNNING HOUNDS AND RACHES {Y.chiem 

 courants). Under this heading we include all such dogs 

 as hunted by scent in packs, whatever the game they 

 pursued might be. They appear in the early records of 

 our kings as Canes de Mota^ Canes currentes^ and as ^ousos 

 (scenting hounds) (Close Rolls 7 John ; Mag. Rot. 4, 

 John Rot. 10 ; 4 Henry III.), and are mentioned speci- 

 fically as cervericlisy deinirriciis, as Heyrectoruni (harriers) 

 or canes heirettesy 3.nd foxhounds ^^ gupillerettis or wulpericiis 

 (Close Rolls, 15 John). 



The Anglo-Saxon word Hundas^ hound, was a general 

 name for any dog ; the dog for the chase in Anglo-Saxon 



