72 DOG. Class I. 



employ ; being a small kind of hound, used to 

 force the fox, or other beasts of prey, out of 

 their holes ; and, in former times, rabbets out of 

 their burrows into nets. 



The Leverarius, or Harrier, is a species 

 well known at present ; it derives its name from 

 its use, that of hunting the hare ; but under this 

 head may be placed the fox-hound, which is 

 only a stronger and fleeter variety, applied to a 

 different chace.* 



The Sanguwarius, or Bloodhound, or the 

 Sleuthounde^ of the Scots, was a dog of great 

 use, and in high esteem with our ancestors : its 

 employ was to recover any game that had 

 escaped wounded from the hunter, or been 

 killed and stolen out of the forest. It was re- 

 markable for the acuteness of its smell, tracing 

 the lost beast by the blood it had spilt ; from 



* Prince Gryffydd ap Cynan (who began his reign in the 

 year 10/9) divided hunting into three kinds : the first and no- 

 blest sort was the Helfa ddolef, which is hunting for the melody 

 of the cry, or notes of the pack : the second sort was the Helfa 

 gyfartka, or hunting when the animal stood at bay : the last 

 kind was the Helfa gyffredin, i. e. common hunting ; which 

 was no more than the right any person had, who happened acci- 

 dentally to come in at the death of the game, to claim a share. 

 Lewis's Hist, of Wales, 56. 



f From the Saxon slot, the impression that a deer leaves of its 

 foot in the mire, and hund a dog. So they derive their name 

 from following the track. 



