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Hie forest. But it was still more employed in 
hunting thieves and robbers by their' footsteps. 
At that time when the country was less peopled 
than at present and .when, consequently, the foot- 
steps of one man were less crossed and obliterated 
by those of others, this animal was very service- 
able in such pursuits ; but at present, when the 
country is every where peopled, this variety is quite 
worn 'out ; probably because it was found of less 
service- than formerly. 
The gaze-hound hunted, like our grey- 
hounds, by the eye -and not by the scent. It chased 
indi Her ently the fox, hare, or buck. It would 
select from the herd the fattest and fairest deer, 
pursue it by the eye, and if lost recover it again 
with amazing' sagacity. , This species is now lost 
or unknown among us. 
The grey -hound is very well known at pre • 
sent, and was formerly held in such estimation, 
that it. was the peculiar companion of a gentleman, 
who, in the times of semi-barbarism, was known 
by his horse, his hawk, and his grey-hound. Per- 
sons under a certain rank of life are forbidden, 
by some late game-laws,' from keeping this ani- 
mal; wherefore, to disguise it the better, they 
cut off its tail. 
The leymme.r is a species now unknown to us. 
It bunted, both by scent and sight, and was led 
in a leyme or thong, from whence it received its 
name. 
^ The tumbler was less than the hound, more 
scraggy, and had pricked ears ; so that, by the 
description, it seems to answer to the modern 
lurcher. This took its prey by mere cunning, 
depending neither on the goodness of its nose nor 
its swiftness. If it came into a warren, it nei- 
ther-barked nor ran on the rabbits, but, seemingly 
inattentive, approached sufficiently near, till it 
