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long and rough hair : was in great vogue in 

 old times, and ufed in great numbers by 

 the chieftains in their mao;nificent huntiny;s. 

 Is the kind Boethius calls, genus venaticum cum 

 cekrrimum, tarn audacifimum, Er. miaJ-chuJ 



"Terrier, The breed in the ifle of Skie par- 

 ticularly good : much encouraged in moft 

 parts, for the dedruclion of foxes. Er. 

 Abhag, 



Blood-bound. Now in difufe; formerly 

 much cultivated, efpecially on ihe borders, 

 where it gave furprizing inftances of its faga • 

 city, purfuing and deteding robbers and mur- 

 derers, even after a flight of feveral miles* 

 Inhabitants on the Englifi borders were 

 bound to keep fo many dogs of this kind in 

 every diftrid. TJiey were called Slough or 

 Slothe hounds, from their following the Qot 

 or track of men or cattle. 



II. Fejjj, Br. Zool. I. i;8, -^d el. No. ii. i);;. quad. No. 112. 



Er. Sionnachy Baigaire. 



SWARMS in many parts of the high, 

 lands : fo deftrudiv^e to fheep as to oblige 

 the farmer to houfe them at night j will kiJJ 

 ^ven goats. Are not to be extirpated, by 

 reafon- of the vaft rocks and mountains. 

 Noae in the Orkney or Shetland ifles, nor in 

 any of the Hebrides^ except Skie. 



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