62 OF THE NAMING 



a friend of mine being asked the name of a 

 young hound, said, " it was Lymany — " Ly- 

 man!" said his master, " why, James, what does 

 Lyman mean ?" — " Lord, sir !'" replied James, 

 " what does any thing mean ?" A farmer who 

 bred up two couple of hounds for me, whose 

 names were Merryman and Merrylass, Ferry- 

 man and Furious, upon my inquiring after them, 

 gave this account : " Merryman and Merrylass 

 are both dead ; but Ferryman, sir, is a fine dog, 

 and so is Ferrylass.'''' Madam, a usual name 

 among hounds, is often, I believe, very disre- 

 spectfully treated. I had an instance of it the 

 other day in my own huntsman, who after hav- 

 ing rated Madam a great deal to no purpose, 

 (who, to confess the truth, was much given 

 to do otherwise than she should,) flew into a 

 violent passion, and hallooed out as loud as he 

 could, " Madam, you d — d hitch /" 



As you desire a list of names, I will send you 

 one. 1 have endeavoured to class them accord- 

 ing to their different genders ; but you will per- 

 ceive some names may be used indiscriminately 

 for either. It is not usual, I believe, to call a 

 pointer Ringwood, or a greyhound Harmony ; 

 and such names as are expressive of speed, 

 strength, courage, or other natural qualities in 



