50 THE ROYAL FORESTS OF ENGLAND 



of venison trespass. In the case of a Rockingham trespass of 

 1246 with five greyhounds, one was white, another black, a 

 third fallow, a fourth black-spotted, and the fifth tawny 

 (teyngre). Other terms for greyhound colour in forest pro- 

 ceedings are ticked (tetchelatus}, tiger - marked or brindled 

 (tigrus], and red (ruffus and rtibens}. In a presentment of 

 the Lancashire forest of Quernmore a greyhound is described 

 as being red with a black muzzle (cum nigro mussell}. Occa- 

 sionally a dog's name is entered on the proceedings, as was 

 the case with a certain black greyhound in Peak Forest, called 

 "Collyng." The name occurs in poaching charges at two 

 different courts. 



The early treatises on hunting pay great attention to the 

 diseases of sporting dogs and their general treatment. 



Frequent mention will be found in subsequent chapters of 

 the general custom of allowing local foresters to kill one or 

 two deer a year, when training their young dogs. 



In Sir Henry Dryden's edition of Twici (vide infm), there is 

 a brief appendix on the various kinds of dogs used in hunting. 

 He gives a plate, here reproduced, of outline sketches of dogs 

 from illuminations of Gaston de Foix's French treatise. Fig. i 

 is the alant, or kind of mastiff, described as running swiftly but 

 also following by scent. It was used in France chiefly for 

 bears and boars. On account of its ferocity, it was generally 

 kept muzzled. Fig. 2 is a gazehound, or greyhound. Fig 3 

 is a lymer, or limehound, with hanging ears something like 

 a bloodhound. Figs. 4 and 5 picture the brache or rache. 

 This is usually represented in Gaston's pictures as black and 

 tan. It corresponded to our beagle. 



The old seasons for forest hunting are almost invariably 

 given wrongly in works or articles dealing with the subject ; 

 the errors were usually made through imagining that the 

 English seasons coincided with those prevailing on the Con- 

 tinent. The true hunting times can, however, be gathered from 

 original forest proceedings. 



Pinguedo was the term for the season of hunting the hart 

 and the buck when they were fat, or, to use forest jargon, " in 

 grease " ; it extended from 24th June to i4th September. 



Fermisona, or fermisone, was the period for hunting the 

 hind and the doe, which lasted from nth November to 2nd 



