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       9's             THE         NATURA LL                 HISTORY
       Hare-hounds, and little Badger-dogs; fome Iwith an ugly bunch, flicking
out from the
       good at a fowl, that hunt them foftly into the ]head and Shoulders,
having aluoft no neck. A
       nets;there are Water-fpaniells; others are to  third kind is the Tetichi,
not unlike ours, but
       bait great bealts, ( as Bull and Bear-dogs. ) In  with a furly looke.
The Indians eat him, as
       refpect to places, there are thofe called Arca- the Thracians of old.
DiocIcs the Phyfitian, sext&,,
       dian, .z1Joniwan, Carian, Thracian, lberian,Hun-  of the Afclepiad
Sclole, prefcribed P'uppies- ElrUlr
       garian, Arg4'e, LacedemonianTegeatiansSauro-  fleib to fome Patients.
But the Co{umellol
       matan, ('ana'.zan, ('c/tan, Magnetian, Amorgan, are a dainty with
the Indians , they fatten them
       Hounds. If you regard their colours, there  as the Spanjards Conies,
and geld them, to
       are aillcoloured,hony-colour'd, yellow,white, fatten the fooner: and
keepe many bitches to
       black.  Tile white are fomewhat afraid of breed , as flhepheards with
us , for want of
       the water, and will not willingly take water. children they fofler
thefe , and are found
       Thofe with black fpots are thick, and tender- of them.  The Alco is
a little Dog , they
       footed.  The allhcoloured, or ruffet, are  are much taken with  they
pinch them-
       itrong fet, and bold, but flow footed.  The  felves to feed them 
travell with them
       black are flout, but not fo fleet as the white, |on their Ihoulders
, or in their lap ; never
       being lowthighed. Men choofe a Hound by  are without them. They have
alfo dogs like
       his eager looke, great head, hanging upper- Foxes, that never barke
3 bred in the Ile Co-
       lip, red-eyes, wide noftrills, fliarp teeth, thick  zumella. If you
ffrike them, they will not ovic its.
       neck, broad breaft, lion liked.          complain, nor cry. Thefe
are called in Hifpa-
Li Ib.    That is the beft Hare hound, that is long,  niola, Calamitan frogs,
fpawned like Vernline
        and plain-headed , fharp-eared, behind ftrait, by nature ; no need
of an after-birth dogs thin
        and little; the upper- lips not hanging over the  skin, nor Hares-dung,
nor hair. Pliny fuper.
        lower, long and thick necked, copped breaft, fititioufly feekes after
them, to firike dogs-
        ftrait guts, h~igh, and lean thighs, tayl not thick, dumb. In Hifpaniola
are little dogs, that
        nor too long, not aiwayes yelping. Some of grumble onely, and bark
not, they tafte well.
        them go out a hunting of themfelves, and  In Quivira, they lay packs
on their greaten
        bring Hares home; they call them Tumblers. iDogs.
        There areas many forts of wind,or fented,as      C H A P T E R  
    11.
        of hounds. In Scotland are three kinds; fome
        bold, and very fleet.  Some will catch fight.         Oftbc Cat.
        Some red, and black-fpotted,or black,and red-
        fpotted, are lime-hounds, that will hunt out     He Cats Latine Dame
is Fei j, comes Ambro.
        theeves and ftolen goods, and take rivers to i   from Phvlos, cozener-deceitfull
im-1-3 C i0
        chafe them. The Englifh, and Scotch, ufually \   poftor; or Ailiz,
flatterer; in the Lo. in ' o"i'jtus
        breed fuch blood-hounds up, and count him a      Izicdialed, Phairis,called
catus, Cat Naxm.
        theef, who is sky of letting them, have acceife  from cautus , wary.
In Greeke ilouros, from
        where ever they would hunt, though into their flattering with the
tayl. A knowen beaft found
        bed-chamber.  Such a lime-hound mull be  almoft everywhere. Atfirft
probably wilde.
        low, flat-nofed, neat-mouthed, the hind thighs  The greateft, all
fay, are bred in Iberia, Place
        of onelengtl, notbig-bellied,plain-backed to  among the Tarteffians;
they feed on flefh, fifll,
        the tayl, dangling eares, quick eyes. The  Mice, birds, fuakes, and
kill toads. In Cyprus F'xdL.
        Brittifh, Spanilh, Gnofian, and Tefcan excell. they hunt Vipers,
and Chameleons. They ly
        There is the Village, and Shepheards Dog. The  in wait alfo for leverts,
and fpare not their
        white Dog is approoved, being better diftin- owne kind. In Bononia
they are known to
        guifhed from the Wolf Among the Turks no  play with kitlings, and
then rend,and eat them. ANir.
        one mailer owns them, nor come they into  They live fix years, foinetimes
ten; the gelded
        houfe; they lay in yards on mats. Of old the  longer.
OIA., Romans kept five hundred of them, to keep   In Europa they go a caterwalling
moftwhat PliM, i..
        their ftables. We read little about the Warre-  in January , and
February. In India all the c.6,j
        dogs,and the ufeles Curres. England breeds  year long. The females
in gendring ever Atift.
        fome that theeves, murderers, and traitors  wawl , whether for pain
, or that the Hee
        breed up for their curfed purpofe, and fome  f fcratches them. He
flands, ihe lies. The fliees
        that thirft after royall blood this very yeare. i are mofilufiffull.
They kitten aftertwo months
        Such the Spanjards in battell againfil the In-  or fix and fifty
dayes. Themarchbreedispre-
        dians, which they feed with mans fleth, to train  fered; thofe in
Augull not,for the fleas. They
        them to hunt men.  Vazquez Nunnez ulied ikitten five, or fix at once.
The Shee is ftndeft
        them in ftcad of hangmen. The Indian Dogs  of the kitlins ; the Hee
oft kills them to make
Nicr<8n. in America, are a new breed, ett almot like  the Shee covet others,
and affe6t him. They
I1. E  1. 9.
  ;6.  9-ours in nature, qualities & flape.The Xeloitze-  hate mice,
toads ,ferpents, Fox-geefe, eagles, Sv'ma-
        vintly is great, molt what above three cubits, rew, their own gallfweet
fmells,and wet.With A'llpa-
        without hair, fleek-skinned, with yellow, and  rew you may drive
them from your Dove- thy-
        blew fpots.  Another fort they call from the  cotes,fents of ointments
fometimes make them
        country It~cevinteport'otli, michva canem; like  run mad. Duck them
a while, and you drown
        thofe of Malta, white, black, and yellow, a litle them. On the contrary,
they willing rub them-
        misihapen, vet fportive, pleafing, fawning, ,elves withfetwoland
delightin mint. The
                  Shee