74 DOG. 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 Agas&us of Dr. 

 Caius, 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 ; 



Tvgov, d(ra§'/.oTa.fov, Xatrio-f^yov, oa//.a<n vw9ij. 

 Curvum, macilentum, hispidum, oculis pigrum. 



what he adds afterwards, still marks the differ-* 

 ence more strongly ; 



'Pivstri ST ixvte [/.xXiaraitavafyxos e<rr)v dyaeosvs. 

 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. Caius informs us, that it takes its 

 name quod prcecipui gradus sit inter canes ; the 



* Opp. Cyneg. lib. I lin. 473. 476. 

 Nemesianus also celebrates our dogs. 

 Divisa Britannia mittit 

 Vclocesj nostrique orbis venantibus aptos. 



