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the use of dogs when they were first domesti- 

 cated, in collecting and driving their sheep, 

 without reference to any peculiar characteris- 

 tics, or in any degree identifying a particular 

 variety. 



The learned Doctor Johnson tells us that 

 the dogs used by the ancients did not pursue 

 their game by scent; in this he might have 

 been mistaken, for there is every reason to 

 suppose that they possessed some kind of 

 dogs which did, and that they used others 

 similar in their instincts to greyhounds. The 

 forests, thickets, and rough woodlands in 

 which the ancients were accustomed to enjoy 

 their pastime, would not have afforded them 

 sport without the assistance of nose. On 

 another occasion I have quoted a short extract 

 from a work written by Edward of Langley, 

 some five centuries ago, and it is very evident 

 from the remarks he introduces that in those 

 days they had certain hounds " that shall be 

 finders," and others that " shall come to the 

 views ;" furthermore, he thus describes the 

 soul-inspiring scene, when the stag comes 

 bounding from the copse. " And then he 

 shall see the hart pass before him, and he shall 

 halloo and rout mightily ; and he shall see 



