52 DOG. Clafsl. 



It muil be obferved that the Jgafaus of Dr. Caius^ 

 is a very different fpecies from the Agaffeus of Oppiarij 

 for which it might be miftaken from the fimilitude 

 of names : this he defcribes as a fmal] kind of dog, 

 peculiar to Great -Britain | and then goes on with 

 thefe words ; 



Tvpov, aa'a.py.ora.rov 7<,(xaioTpiy.oy, oy^i/.uai rt'osj. 



Curvum, maciknium, hifpidum oculis figrum, 



what he adds afterwards, flill marks the difference 

 more flrongly ; 



Narihis autem longe ■prajiantijfimus eft agajfeus. 



From Oppian^s whole defcription, it is plain he meant 

 our Beagle *. 



7 he next kind is the Leporarius^ or Gre-hound. 

 Dr. Cairn informs us, that it takes its name quod 

 pracipid gradm fit inter canes : the firft in rank among 

 dogs j that it was formerly efleemed fo, appears from 

 the fore/l laws of king Canute -, v/ho enabled, that no 

 one under the degree of a gentleman fhould prefume 

 to keep a gre-hound ; and ftill more flrongly from 

 an old J^'^eljh faying ; Wt'th ei Walch^ ei Farch, a'i 

 Filgi, yr adwaenir Bonheddig : Which fignifies, that 

 you may know a gentleman by his hawk, his horfe 

 and his gre-hound. 



* 0pp. Cyneg. lih. i. lin. 473. 476. 

 KefTieJianuf alfo celebrates our dogs. 



Divifa Britannia mittit 

 Yeloces, nollrique orbis venantibus aptos. 



Froiffart 



