CYNEGETICA, 1. 399--tl7 



is that the breeds should remain pufe, and those all 

 hunters judge best. Those breed, are without 

 number," and the form and type of them should be 

 approximately* these. The body •" should be long and 

 strong and adequate ; the head ' Hght and with good 

 eyes ^ ; the eyes should be dark of sheen ; the saw- 

 toothed mouth should be long ; the ears' that crown 

 the head should be small and furnished with mem- 

 branes ; the neck ^ long and under it the breast * 

 strong and broad ; the front legs * should be shorter 

 than the hinder ; the shanks J should be straight, thin, 

 and long ; the shoulder-blades ^ should be broad ; the 

 row of ribs ' sloping obliquely ; the haunches "* well- 

 fleshed but not fat ; and behind the far-shadowing 

 tail" should be stiff and prominent. Such are the 

 dogs which should be arrayed for the svrift chase of 

 gazelle and deer and s-nift-footed hare. 



Another species there is, impetuous and of stead- 

 fast valour, who attack even bearded bulls and rush 

 upon monstrous boars and destroy them, and tremble 

 not even at their lords the hons ; a stalwart breed, 



the contrary Arr. C. 5. 7 wra yLeydXa earoj Kai fiaXdaKo. ; 

 Varr. ii. 9. i auriculis magnis ac flaccis. 



' Xen. I.e. rpaxv^ovi fuiKpovs. Cf. Poll. l.r. ; Arr. I.e. 



* Xen. I.e. ar-qOr) irXor^a ^77 S-aapna. Cf. Poll. I.e. ; Arr. C. 

 5. 9 ; Colum. I.e. amplo vUlosoque pectore. 



♦ Xen. l.r. crKeXr] to. irpoade fiaKpd, opdd, (rrpoyyvXa, ffTi<f>pd ; 

 Poll. V. 58 ffK^Xrj fKaTfoa uev v-:^rj\a fjLei^o) 5i to. i^binvdtv. 



^ iffToi = av\oi (IS9) — tibiae. 



* Xen. I.e.; Poll. I.e.; Arr. /.<r. ; Colum. I.e. latis arrais ; 

 Nemes. -274 validis turn surgat pectus ab arrais. 



• Xen. I.e. xXevpas fxii i-ri y^v /Sa^etas dW eis to irXdTtoi' 

 iraptjKOvcras. 



*" Xen. I.e. 6<T<f>vs aapKubeis. Cf. Poll. I.e. ; Arr. I.e. da^iiy 

 xXare^ap iax^'P<"'- 



" Xen. /.<r. ovpii fiaKpdt, 6p6a.s, Xiyvpds ; Poll. v. 59 ; 

 Arr. I.e. 



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