U I>OG. Class L 



for a time, recover it again by its singular dis- 

 tinguishing faculty ; should the beast rejoin 

 the herd, this dog would fix unerringly on the 

 same. This species is now lost, or at lest un- 

 known to us. 



It must be observed that the Agasaiis of Dr, 

 Cains, is a very different species from the 

 Agasseus of Oppian, for which it might be 

 mistaken from the similitude of names : this he 

 describes as a small kind of dog, peculiar to 

 Great Britain ; and then goes on with these 

 words ; 



■ .1 Curvum, macilentum, hispidiim, oculis pigrum. 



what he adds afterwards, still marks the differ- 

 ence more strongly ; 



'Pivecrj J' auVs iJ.a.XicrriX'TtavB^OKO; strriv dyaa-asug. 

 Naribus autem longe prcestantissimus est agasseus. 



From Oppian s whole description, it is plain 

 he meant our Beagle.* 



The next kind is the Leporarius, or Gre- 

 hound. Dr. Cains informs us, that it takes its 

 name quod prcBcipui gr actus sit inter canes ; the 



* Opp. Cyneg. lib. i. I'm. 473. 476, 

 Nemesianus also celebrates our dogs. 

 Divisa Britannia mittit 

 Vcloces, nostriqueorbisvenantibus aptos. 



