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SYNOPSIS of BRITISH DOGS. 



H i Hounds 





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r Terrier 

 "^ Harrier 

 LBlood hound 



Gaze hound 

 Grey hound 

 Leviner, or Lyemmer 

 Tumbler 



Spaniel 



Setter 



Water fpanlel, or iinder 



Spaniel gentle, or comfortei' 



Shepherd's dog 

 MaftifF, or ban dog 



Wappe 



Turnfpit 



Dancer 



The firfl variety is the Terrarius or Terrier, which 

 takes its name from its fubterraneous employ ; being 

 a fmall kind of hound, ufed to force the fox, or other 

 beads of prey, out of their holes ; (and in former 

 times) rabbets out of their buroughs into nets. 



The Lezwarius, or Harrier, is a fpecies well known 



at prefent ;. it derives its name from its ufe, that of 



hunting the hare ; but under this head may be placed 



[the fox hound, which is only a ftronger and fleeter 



variety, applied to a different chace *. 



* Prince Griffith cp Cc^«« (who begun his reign in theyear 1079) 

 divided hunting into three kinds : the f:rft and nobleft fort was the 

 Uelfa ddohf, which is hunting for the melody of the cry, or notes of 



the 



