FOREST AND STREAM. 



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sort is notable and excellent in his naturall qualitio and 

 appointed practice. Among these sundry aortes, there 

 be some which ara apt to hunt two diuers beastes, as the 

 Foxe otherwldles, and otlier whiles the Hare, but they 

 hunt not with such towardnes and good lucke after them, 

 as they doe that whereunto nature hath formed and 

 framed them, notonely in exteniall composition & mak- 

 ing, but also inward facuUies and conditions, for tliey 

 Bwaruo .sometimes, and doo otherwise than they should. 

 Of the Dogge called Terrar, ia 

 Latino Termrius. 



ANother gorte there is which hunteth the Foxe and 

 the Badger or Greye onely, whom we call Ter- 

 rars, because tlity (after the manner and custome of ftr- 

 rets in searching tor (^oiiiiyo? I CI 

 by that meaner niiike a: i:i\ i1r. i 

 and the Badger in .su(jh roit. tli;i 

 in yiifLVri witli theyr teeth beyi 

 esiilo nr i-ls.i hayleand pull tli. 

 Iiiildn- aii-les. darke dbngeon^. 

 le.i-it liii-ougii ooceued feara, dri 

 low harbours, in so much that tihey are 

 pare speedy flight, and being rlesiirous of the next (albeit 

 not the safest) refuge, are otherwise taken and intrapped 

 with snares and neites layde ouer holes to the same pur- 

 pose. But these 1:h> the leiibt in that kynde called Saya.v. 

 Of the Dogge called a Bloudhounde in 

 Laline SanguiiiaHus. 



THe greater sort which serue to hunt, hauiug lippes 

 of a large Rvze & "nvcii of no small lenght, doo, not 

 onely chase the bero-: v, biles it liueth (as the other doo of 

 whom iii"iieioii aljoue is made) but beyng dead also by 

 any maiier of casualtie. make recourse to the place where 

 it lyeth, liauing in this poynt an assured and infallible 

 guyde, namely, the sent; and sauour of the bloud 

 sprinckled heere and there vpou tbe ground. For whether 

 the beast be3'ng wounded, doth notwithstanding enioye 

 life, and escapeth tiie handes of tlie buntesinan, or 

 whether the said lieast beyng alayne is cjmiayed clenly 

 our. of the parcke fso tliat there be some signification of 

 bloud shed) these Deigges with no iesse facUitie and easi- 

 nesse, then auiilitie alid greedineEae, can disclose and be- 

 wray the same bv smelling, applymg to their pursuit, 

 agilitie and nimbienesse, without tediousnesse, for which 

 consideration, of a singuler speoiaUic, they deserued to 

 bee called SaiiffuinariJ bloudhounds. And albeit perad- 

 uenture it may chaunce, (As whether it chaunceth seal- 

 dome or sometime I am ignorant) that a peece of fleshe 

 be subtily stolne and conningly conuayed away with such 

 prouisos and precaueats as thereby all apparaunco of 

 bloud is eyther preuented, excluded, or concealed, yet 

 these kindii of dogges by a certaine direcion of an inwarde 

 assured notyce and priuy marcke, pursue the deede 

 dooers, tlirou'gh long lanes, crooked reaches, and weary 

 wayes, without wandring awry out of the limites of the 

 land whereon those desperate purloyners prepared their 

 speedr passage. Yea, the natures of these Dogges is such, 

 and so elf.ctuall is their foresight, that they ca bewray, 

 SHieiHte, and pycke them out from among an infinite 

 multitu.ie and an innumerable company, creepe they 

 neuer so tarre into the tiiickeat thronge. they will finde 

 him out noiu ithstandTUg lie lye liid.leu in wylde woods, 

 in close and ouergrowen groues, and lurcke in hollow 

 holes apte to havljour such vngracious guestes. More- 

 ouer, altlie,u.;h tliey should passe ouer the water, think- 

 ing tliereln- to aiiovde the pursute of the houudes, yet 

 will nut these dogges giue ouer their attempt, but pre- 

 fcuming to swym ttirough the streame. perseuer iu their 

 pursute, and when they be arriued and gotten the fur- 

 thetibancke, they bnnt vp and downe, to and fro ntnne 

 they, from place to place shift they, vntil tlie.y haue at- 

 tained to that plot of grounde where they passed . .uer. And 

 this is their practise, if perdie they canot at y' lirst time 

 smelling, finde out th^ ua^- u jueh the deedo dooers tooke 

 toescape. Soatlent'i' > by arte, cunning, and 



dilligent endeuour, x i ne and lucke they can 



not otJierwyse ouerco; 1 1 i u that it seemeth wor- 



thely and wisely written by ,/'7/«)itis in his lirsto book 

 and xxxiv. Chapter. Tomthumutiohonchuiditiituditn-h 

 to bee as it were naturally instilled and powered into these 

 kinde Of dogges. For tliey wyll notpauseor breith from 

 tlieir pursute vntill such ty me as t hey bee apprehended and 

 taken tliat committed the facto. The owners of such 

 houudes vse to keepe them in clo.se and darke channells 

 in the day time, and let them lose at liberty in the night 

 season, to th'intent that they myght with more courage 

 and boldnesse practise to foUow the fellon in the euenmg 

 and solitarie houresof darkenesse. when such yll disposed 

 varlols are prineipallv purposed to play theyr impudent 

 pa'^eants, and ini prudent pranckes. Tbe;e boundes (vpou 

 whom this present portion of our treatise runneth) when 

 they are to follow such f ello wes as we haue before rehersed, 

 Tse not that liberty to raunge at wil, which they have 

 otherwise when they are in game (except upon necessary 

 occasion, whereon dependctli an nigent and effectuail 

 pcrswasion), when such purloyneis make spifidy way m 

 flight, but beyng restrained ami drawne Dacke from run- 

 ning at random with the leasse, the ende whereof the 

 owner holding in his hand is led, Kuyied •: nd directed with 

 such swiftenosseand slovvnr ss- ■: A-h./thei he ^-o on foote or 

 whether he ryde on hovsebaeke!, as be li.iu-ielte m li 

 would wishe for the more easio apprehension of these 

 venturous varlots. In the borders of England and Scot- 

 land (the often and accustomed stealing of cattell so pro- 

 QHfiii^, ; , ■ i ' ,,(■ DoL'"es .are very mach vsed and 

 thev =■, tiavned nil first of all to hunt cattell 



jjg ,vei: ■ as of ihe greater j;rouili, and after- 



warde.- ;. ■, ue reiirii|uished and leftej they are' 



learned to puinue such pestiient persons as plant theyr 

 pleasure in such practisea of purloyning as we have 

 already declared. Of this kinde there is nene tliat taketh 

 the water naturallv, except it please you so to suppose 

 of them whych follow the Otter, whych scmetiraes haunte 

 the lande, find sometime useth the waten And yet neu- 

 erlhelesse all the kind of them boyling and boyhng with 

 crreedy desire of the pray whych by swymiiung passelh 

 through riuer and flood, plung amyds the water, and 

 passe the streame with their- pawes. But this propertie 

 proceedth from an earnest desire wherwith they be in- 

 flamed, rather from any inclination issuyng from the ord- 

 inance and appoylitment of nature. And albeit some of 

 this sort in^English be called Brache, in Scottishe Kuche, 



ing to the hunting kinde of Dogges, by the tearme alioue 

 nxencioned. To bee short it is proper to the nature of 

 houudes, some to keepe silence in hunting untUl such 

 tyme as there is game ofiered. Other some so soone as 

 they smell out the place where the beast lurcketh, to be- 

 wray it immediately by their importnnate barcking, not- 

 withslanding it be farre of many furlongs cowchyng 

 close in his cabbyn. And these Dogges the younger thej^ 

 be, the more w.intonly b,arcke they, and the more hber- 

 ally, yet oftimes without necessitie, so tl>at in them, by 

 reason of theyr youn.tc yearos and want of practise, small 

 certaintie is' to' be reposed. For continuance of tyme, 

 and experience in game, ministreth to these houndes not 

 onely cunning in running, but also (as in the rest) an 

 assured foresight what is to bee done, principally, being 

 acquainted with their masters watch woides, eyther in 

 reuoking or imboldening them to serue the game. 

 Of the Dogge called the Gasehoundc, in 

 Latine Agaaeus 



THis kinde of Dogge which pursueth by the eye, pre- 

 uayleth little, or neuer ,i whit, by any benefitte of 

 tbe nose that is by smelling, but excelletb in perrpicuitie 

 and shari.enesse of siglit alloKether. bv th" vertue 

 whereof, hebig singuler and notable, it liuuteth tbe Foxe 

 and tlie Hare. Tnys Dogge will choose and seperate any 

 beAst from among a great Hocke or hearde, and such a 

 one will it take by election as is not lancke, leane and 

 hollow, but well spved. snjoothe, full, fatte, and round, 

 it followcs by the direction of the eyesight, which in 

 deede is cleere constant, and not uncertaine, if a bcist be 

 wounded and gone astray this Dogge seeketb after it by 

 the steadfastnes of tbe eye, if it chaunce peradnentm-e 

 to returne and be mingled with the residue of the flocke, 

 this Dogge spyeth it out by the vertue of his eye. leaning 

 the rrsf of the cattell vntouched, and after be hath set 

 sure si.e;lit npo it, he seperateth it from among the com- 

 pany and hailing so done neuer ceaseth untill he h,iue 

 wea'rved the Beast to death. Our countrey men Cidl this 

 doege Aqfis'iMim. A gaseliounde because the beamea of 

 Ids sijcht'areso sredfastly setled and vnrnouealjy fastened. 

 These Dogges are rnueii and vsually occupyed in the 

 Nortliern partes of England more then in the Southern 

 parts, and in fealdy landes rather then in bushy and 

 woodd V places, horsemen vse them more then footemen to 

 th'inte'nt that they might jirouoke their horses to a swift 

 galloppe (wherwu'tli they are more delighted then with 

 the pray itselfe), and tiiat they might accustome theyr 

 horse to leape ouer hedges and ditches, without stoppe 

 or stumble, without hanne or hassard, without doubt or 

 daunger, and so escape with safegard of lyfe. And to 

 the ende that the ryders themselues when necessitie so 

 constrained, and the feare of further mischiefe inforced, 

 myght saue themselues vndamnifyed, and preuent each 

 perilous tempest by preparing speedy flight, or else by 

 switt pursute made vpou theyr enimyes, myght both 

 ouertake them, encounter with them, and make a 

 slaughter of them accordinglv. But if it fortune so at 

 any 'time that this Dogge take a wrcng way. the master 

 making some vsual signo and familial- token, he returneth 

 forthwith, and taketh the right and ready trace, begin- 

 ning his chase a fre.sh, & with a cleare voyce, and a swift 

 foote followeth tbe game with as much courage and 

 nimbienesse as he did ak the first. 



Of the Dogge called the Grehounde, in 

 Latino Leporarms, 



THere is another kinde of Dogge which for IiLs 

 incredible swiftnesse is called Leporariux a Gre- 

 hounde because the principall seruice of them dependeth 

 and consisteth in staining and bunting the hare, which 

 Dogges likewyseare indueil with no Iesse strength then 

 lightnes in maintenance of the game, in seruing tbe chase, 

 in taking tbe Bucke, the Harte, the Lowe, tbe foxe, and 

 other beastes of semblable kinde ordained for the game 

 of hunting. But more or Iesse, each one aceording to 

 the measure and proportion of theyr desire, and as might 

 and habilitie of theyr bodyes will permit and sutfer, For 

 it is a spare and bare kinde of Dogge (of lleshe but not of 

 bone) some are of a greater sorte, and some of a lesser, 

 some arc smoothskynned and .some are curled, the bigger 

 therefore are appoynlcd to hunt the bigger beasts, and 

 tbe smaller serue to hunt the smaller accordingly. The 

 nature of these dogges 1 lind to be wondcrfid by y' testi- 

 moniall of histories. For, as John Froisart the Historio- 

 grapher in his 4 lib. reported. A Grehoimd of King 

 Richard, the second y' wore the Crowne and bare the 

 Scepter of tjie Eeuliue of England, neuer knowing any 

 man, be.-,i,h- the Kiu-s pe^^,on, \vhe H-:ii,[i Dnkcoi LmicUk- 

 tercauw t.. the casile >,! I'liii-ti; to take Kw^ liicharcle. Tlie 

 Dogge forsaking liis former Lord & master came to Duke 

 Henry, fawned' upon him with such resemblaunces of 

 goodwyll and conceaned affection, as he fauoured King 

 Micharde before : he followed the Duke, and vtterly left 

 the King. So that by tlicse manifest circmiistances a 

 man myght iudge this Dogge to haue bene lightened wyth 

 the lampe of foreknowledge & understading, touchyng 

 his olde masters miseryea to come, and vnliappinesse nye 

 at hand, which King Bicliarde hiraseUe euidenlly per- 

 ceaixed, accounting this deede of his Dogge a Prophecy 

 of his ouerthrowo. 



(Jf the Dogge called the Leuiner, or Lyemmer 

 in Latine Lorarius. 



ANother sort of dogges be there, in smelling singuler, 

 and m swiftenesse incomparable. This is (as it were) 

 a myddle kinde betwixt the Harier and tlie Grehounde, 

 as well for his kinde, as for the fi-ame of Ids body. And 

 it is I'alled in latine Leainnrius, a Leuitate, of lyghtnesae, 

 1 and therefore may well be called a lyglit hounde, it is 

 also called by this wordo Lorarius, a Loro wherewith it 

 is led. This Dogge for the excellency of his conditions, 

 namely smelling and switt running, doth followe the 

 game with more eagemes, and taketh the pray with a 

 iolly tiuicknes. 



Of the Dogge called a Tumbler, in 

 Latine Verlagus. 



THia .sorte of Dogges, which compasseth all liycraftes, 

 fraudes, subtelties, and deceiptes, we Entlishe men 

 cad Tvmblers, because in hunting they I ume and tumble, 

 winding their bodyes about in circle wise, and then 

 fearcely and violently -yentaring upo the beiist, doth sod- 

 denly gripe it, at the very entrance and mouth of their re- 

 ceptacles, or closets betore they can recouer ineanes, to 

 saue aud succour themselves. This dogge vseth another 



ren, or setteth a course about a conuyburrough, he huntes 

 not after them, he fr-ayes them not by barcking, he 

 makes no coimtenance or shadow of hatred against them, 

 but dissembling friendship, and pretending fauour, pas- 

 seth by with silence and qxdetnesse, marking and noting 

 their lioles diligently, wherin (I waii-antyou) he will not 

 be ouersnot nor deceaued. When he commeth to the 

 place where Connyes be, of a certaintie, he cowcheth 

 downe close with his belly to the groud. Provided al wayes 

 by his .skill and polisie, that y' the winde bee neuer with 

 him but against him in such an enterprise. And that 

 tbe Connjes spie him not where he lurcketh. By which 

 meanes he obtaineth the sent and sauour of the Connyes, 

 carryed tnwardes him with the wind & the ayre, either 

 going to their holes, or coming out, eyther passing tlus 

 way, or running that way, and so pro"uideth by his oir- 

 cumsjiection , that the selly simple Conny is debarred 

 quite from his hole (which is thehauen of their hope and 

 the harbour of their health) and fraudulently circum- 

 uented and taken, before they can get the aduantage of 

 their hole. Thus hauing caught bis pray he carryeth it 

 speedily to his Master, wayting his Dogges returne iu 

 some nonuenient lureking "corner. These Dogges are 

 soinew-hat lesser than the'houndes, and they be lancker 

 and leaner, beside that they be somewhat prick eared. A 

 man that shall marcke the for:-rio and fashion of their 

 bodyes, may well call iJiem mungrell Grehoundes if they 

 were somwhat bigger. But notwithstanding they coun- 

 teruaile not the Grehounde in greatues, yet will he take 

 iu one dayes space as many Connyes as shad ai-is&to as 

 bigge a 'burthen, and as iieauy 'a load e as a horse can 

 carry, for deceipt and guile is the instrument wherby he 

 maketh this spoyle, which pernicious properties sujiply 

 the places of more commendable qualities. 



Of the Dogge called the theeuishe Dogge 

 ia Latine Canis fiirux. 



'T^He like to that whom we have rehearsed, is the 

 t, theeuishe Dogge, which at the mandate and byddinc 

 of his master steereth and leereth abroade in the night, 

 hunting Connyes by the ayro, which is leuened with their 

 sauer and conuey'ed to 'the sense of smelling by the 

 meanes of the winde blowini; towardes liini. During all 

 whieh space of his huntinL; he ->viU not bareke, least he 

 should liee preui.lieiall to Ins owne adnaiit.ige. And 

 thus watcheth and Kiiairliefh up in course as many Con- 

 nyes as his Master will sLilVer liini, and beareth them to 

 his Masters standin--. Tlie farmers of the countrey and 

 uplandishe dwellers, call this kinde of Dogge a nyght 

 curre, because he hunteth in the darke, But let tlius 

 much seeme sutliuienl for Dogges which serue the game, 

 aud disport of bunting, 



"i A Dicill pertaining to the 



jfir/f Scclion. 



Dofc'tfesseruin? 

 y'pasL'iue of hunting- 



beastes. 



I Haricrs 

 Ternirs 

 Bloudboim'ls 



1 Uaseliounds 



'; Grohouuds 

 Leuioers or 

 Lyctniners 

 Turalileis 



I SieaJcra 



In Laline 

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 'ualici. 



»0r EDplishe Dogges, j tbe diucrsfties, tlie n 



versille I of Cambridge j And n , 

 Abralimii Fie- | mlng SludBfit. I 

 ilir suam. I Scene and allowed. I ' 

 Johnoa, anrl are to be I solde ove 

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the cause hereof re.steth in th« shee sex and not in the saue auti succour inemseiveB. j.ma uuggo vsctu «uui.uci -- --- r- 

 generall kinde, for we English men eaU b^-tchea belong- I craft and swbteJtie, namely, when he runneth into a war- 1 w filled, 



Pride of the BoBrEH.— It was with deep regret that 

 e were obliged to notice, in a recent issue., the death 

 of this most celebrated dog. Pride of the Border -was 

 bred in 1869 by Mr. E. Laverack, at Broughall Cottage, 

 Whitchurch Shropshire, England. His dam was the 

 pure Laverack Belle II, and his sire was his breeder's fa- 

 mous old Blue Dish. This dog, Dasli II, was probably 

 the most usefid and valuable sire of English setters known 

 in modem times. His most famous son was Pride of the 

 Border, from whose loins are descended the best known 

 and most admired English setters of tlie day, both in 

 England and America. 



Mr. Laverack offered Pride of the Border for sale in 

 1871, and he was promptly secured against a strong and 

 widely spread competition, along with the far famed 

 F.iiry (Dash II Moll II), through the efficient offices of 

 Capt. John W. Taylor, at that time kennel and field 

 editor of the Fokest and Stream, for the kennels of Mr. 

 Charles H. Raymond at Fox Farm, Morris Plains, N. J. 

 Pride was handled on American game by Col. E. M. 

 Quimby, of Morristown, N. ,1., and being a dog of remark- 

 ably high intelligence, soon developed into a very fine 

 quail dog. He was u] -headed, never seeking a ground 

 scent, but always working for his birds on the wind, with 

 a long, swinging, panther-like gallop, and a nose of such 

 delicacy and keenness as to save his legs many and many 

 a rod of ground in quartering. 



In England, Pride left behind him to perpetuate his 

 line such splendid sons as Blue Prince, Bandit and others 

 equally well known. Dying in America, his mantle— so 

 to spe.ik— iu the stud falls upon sons also famed as sires. 

 Thunder, St. Elmo, Roderick Dhu, Guy Mannering, 

 Brough, Pontiac, Promise, Ray and others will long five 

 in canine history as claiming Pride of the Border for 

 their sire. The grand setter, Dash IU, is a grandson of 

 Pride through Blue Prince, and in many features strongly 

 reminds one of his grandsire. 



Worn out in service, feeble -with age, completely 

 bfind aud deaf, gallant old Pride of the Border tottered 

 but recently to his honored grave at Fox Farm, leaving 

 a rich legacy of pure setter blood and high intelligence 

 to his posterity. It will be long before his vacant place 



