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QUADRUPEDS. [ Clafs I. 
SYNOPSIS of BRITISH DOGS. 
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The firft variety is tht'Terrar/us, ox'Terrier , 
which takes its name from its fubterraneous 
employ ; being a fmall kind of hound, ufed 
to force the fox, or other beafts of prey, out 
of their holes $ (and in former times) rabbets 
out of their burroughs into nets. 
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The Leverarius , 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 ap Conan (who begun his reign in the year 
1079) divided hunting into three kinds : the firft and nobleft fort 
was the Helfa ddolef, which is hunting for the melody of the cry, 
or notes of the pack : The fecond fort .was the Helfa gyfarthfa , or 
hunting when the animal flood at bay: The laft kind was the 
helfa gyffredin , i. e. common hunting which was no more than 
the right anyperfon had, who happened accidentally to car," in 
at the death of the game, to clame a fhare. 
The Sanguinarius , or Bloodhound\ was a 
dog of great ufe, and in high efteem with our 
anceftors : its employ was to recover any 
game that had efcaped wounded from the 
hunter $ or been killed and Hole out of the 
foreft. He 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 following his footfteps, 
let the diftance of his flight be ever fo great; 
and thro’ the moft fecret and thickeft coverts : 
nor would it ceafe its purfuit, till it had taken 
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