38 Gleanings from the 



i, the wolf-like dogs; 2, greyhounds ; 3, fpaniels; 

 4, hounds; 5, maftiffs; 6, terriers. Profeflbr 

 Fitzinger enumerates more than 180 kinds of 

 domeftic dogs. Mr. Harting alfo notes that all 

 the dogs of Gaul and ancient Britain had erecl or 

 femi-erecl: ears, like wild dogs. 1 



A very important notice of Britim dogs, to 

 continue our chronological furvey, is recorded by 

 Strabo, a contemporary of Caefar. After fpeaking, 

 like the latter, of the herds 2 of cattle to be feen 

 in Britain, he adds that "hides, flaves, and dcgs 

 of good breeding ufeful for hunting are exported 

 from it. The Kelts alfo ufe both thefe and the 

 dogs of their own lands for warlike purpofes." 3 

 Thus the geographer curioufly enough comprifes 

 Britim dogs under the fame two heads as, it has 

 been feen, they are arranged by the early ceramic 

 arts of Britain. Pliny tells us that the Britons 

 were wont to breed their dogs from wolves. 



The next citation demands a long leap, to 

 Oppian's time, A.D. 140. Here we firft meet 

 with the term agajfeus^ which has been fo varioufly 

 interpreted. It is often rendered " beagle," and 

 by fome "gazehound," which feems to mean a large 

 hound running by fight, like the Irifh hound, or 

 the prefent Scotch deerhound. And fo Tickell 

 writes : 



1 Davis Lefture, July 3, 1884. 



2 Compare, too, Eumenius, " Panegyric of Britain," 

 " tanto laeta munere paftionum." 



8 Kovtc ivfvtic irpOQ raf KVi'fyeaiae, KeXroi Si Kai Trpbf rot'e 7roXf//onc 

 Xpwvrai Kai TOVTOIQ, K. T. \. (See " Monumenta Historica Britan- 

 nica," 1848, vol. i., p. 141.) 



