338 DAN BEARD'S ANIMAL BOOK 



A CROWD OF DOMESTIC HOGS WAS CALLED A DRIFT. 



,We now speak of a pack of wolves, but the old 

 hunters called it a route of wolves. It was a harass 

 of horses, a rag of colts and a stud of mares, a 

 pace of asses, and a bar en of mules: a Hock of 

 sheep is the term formerly applied and still in com- 

 mon use, but it was 



A TRIBE OF GOATS. 



Very properly they spoke of a skulk of foxes, 

 but the reason is less obvious for a cete of badgers, 

 a riches of martins, a fesymes of ferrets. Now 

 when you want to speak of a great congregation of 

 jack-rabbits, call it a 



HUSK OF JACK-RABBITS, 



also a down of hares, a nest of cottontail. If you 

 meet a group of wildcat remember to say, "I met 

 a clowder of cats" : but if you find they are young 

 it is a kennel of young. 



Should you be traveling in the tropics 



YOU MAY MEET A SHREWDNESS OF APES 



and on your lawn you may find a labor of moles. 



Two greyhounds are called a brace, three a 

 leash: but two spaniels or harriers are called a 

 couple. A number of hounds is a mute of hounds, 

 but when you speak of common curs, be sure to 

 remember and call them 



