Glafs I. DOG. 51 



The Sanguinarius^ or Bloodhound, was a do^y of oreat 

 ufe, and in high efteem with ouranceftors : its employ- 

 was to recover any game that had efcaped wounded 

 from the hunter ; or been killed and ftole out of the 

 foreft. It was remarkable for the acutenefs of its 

 fmell, tracing the loft beaft by the blood it had fpilt ; 

 from whence the name is derived : This fpecies could, 

 ■with the utmoft certainty, difcover the thief by fol- 

 lowing his footfteps, let the diftance of his flight be 

 ever fo great ; and through the moil fecret and 

 thickeft coverts : nor would it ceafe its purfuir, till 

 it had taken the felon. The bloodhound was in great 

 requeft on the confines of England and Scotland; 

 where the borderers were continually preying on the 

 herds and flocks of their neighb urs. 



The next divifion of this fpecies of dogs, compre- 

 hends thofe that hunt by the eye ; and whofe fuccefs 

 depends either upon the quicknefs of their fight, 

 their fwiftnefs, or their fubtility. 



The Agafaus^ or Gazehound, was the firfi:: it 

 chaced indifferently the fox, hare, or buck. It would 

 feledl from the herd the fatteft and fairefi: deer ; pur- 

 fue it by the eye j and if lofl for a time, recover it 

 again by its fingular diflinguifliing faculty ; and 

 fhould the beaft rejoin the herd, this dog would fix 

 unerringly on the fame. This fpecies is now lofl:, or 

 at leafl: unknown to us. 



the pack : The fecond fort was the Helfa ^fartha, or hunting 

 when the animal Hood at bay : The laft kind was the Helfa gyfrediyi^ 

 i e. common hunting; which was no more than the right any per- 

 fon had, who happened accidentally to come in at the death ot the 

 game, to claim a fhare^ Zfaaj's Uiji. ofJFaks, 56. 



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