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{tempus pinguedinis) or grease time or the fat season, is 

 fixed between the Feast of St. Peter ad Vincula (August i) 

 and the Exaltation of Holy Cross (September 6, 14), 

 while the time of the doe season [tempus firmationis) was 

 fixed between the Feast of St. Martin (November 11) 

 and the Purification of the Blessed Virgin (February 2). 



GREYHOUND, Fr. lévrier, Lat. kporarius. Under 

 this name a whole group of dogs were included, that were 

 used for the chase of big and small game. They were 

 swift hounds, hunting chiefly and in most cases by sight 

 only. For in the Middle Ages the name greyhound, or 

 lévrier, denoted such seemingly different dogs as the im- 

 mense Irish wolfhound, the Scotch deerhound, and the 

 smaller, smooth-coated, elegant Italian greyhound. The 

 powerful greyhound used for the chase of stag, wolf, and 

 wild boar were known in France as lévrier d'attache^ and 

 the smaller, nervous harehound as petit lévrier pour lièvre. 

 In our illustrations we can see what are intended to be 

 portraits of both the larger and the smaller kinds, some 

 being smooth- and some rough-coated. The bigger hounds 

 were considered capable of defending their masters against 

 their armed enemies, as is shown by numerous legends of 

 the Middle Ages, which, although they may not be strictly 

 historical facts, showed the reputation these dogs enjoyed 

 in those days (Jesse, p. 19). 



Greyhounds were the constant companions of their 

 masters during journeys and wars, and at home. In the 

 houses they were allowed the greatest liberty, and seem 

 to have ranged at will in both living- and bedrooms ; one 

 sees them at the board when their owners are at meals, 

 at the fireside, and they even accompanied their masters 

 as good Christians to mass. 



No hound seems to belong so peculiarly to the epoch 

 of chivalry as the greyhound, and indeed one can scarcely 

 picture a knight without one. A Welsh proverb declared 

 that a gentleman might be known " by his hawk, his horse, 

 and his greyhound." By a law of Canute, a greyhound 



