De Canibus Britannicis: Of Englishe Dogges — John Shaqi
De Canibus Britannicis: Of Englishe DoggesCaius, John
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De Canibus Britannicis: Of Englishe Dogges
Caius, John
Dogs -- Early works to 1800
Of the Dogge called the theeuishe Dogge in Latine _Canis furax_.
The like to that whom we have rehearsed, is the theeuishe Dogge, which
at the mandate and bydding of his master steereth and leereth abroade in
the night, hunting Connyes by the ayre, which is leuened with their
sauour and conueyed to the sense of smelling by the meanes of the winde
blowing towardes him. During all which space of his hunting he will not
barcke, least he shoulde bee preiudiciall to his owne aduantage. And
thus watcheth and snatcheth up in course as many Connyes as his Master
will suffer him, and beareth them to his Masters standing. The farmers
of the countrey and uplandishe dwellers, call this kinde of Dogge a
nyght curre, because he hunteth in the darke. But let thus much seeme
sufficient for Dogges which serue the game and disport of hunting.
(13) ¶ A Diall pertaining to the
_first Section._
Dogges seruing y^e pastime of hunting beastes.
are diuided into
{ Hariers
{ Terrars
{ Bloudhounds
{ Gasehounds
{ Grehounds
{ Leuiners or
{ Lyemmers
{ Tumblers
{ Stealers
In Latine called _Venatici_.
The seconde Section of (14)
_this discourse_.
Of gentle Dogges seruing the hauke, and first
of the Spaniell, called in Latine
_Hispaniolus_.
Svch Dogges as serue for fowling, I thinke conuenient and requisite to
place in this seconde Section of this treatise. These are also to bee
reckoned and accounted in the number of the dogges which come of a
gentle kind, and of those which serue for fowling.
There be two sortes
{ The first findeth game on the land.
{ The other findeth game on the water.
Such as delight on the land, play their partes, eyther by swiftnesse of
foote, or by often questing, to search out and to spring the byrde for
further hope of aduauntage, or else by some secrete signe and priuy
token bewray the place where they fall.
The first kinde of such serue { The Hauke,
The seconde, { The net, or, traine,
The first kinde haue no peculier names assigned vnto them, saue onely
that they be denominated after the byrde which by naturall appointment
he is alotted to take, for the which consideration. (15)
Some be called Dogges,
{ For the Falcon }
{ The Phesant }
{ The Partridge }
and such like,
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