Under _Leverarius_ (Harier), the Latin original names eight animals hunted by dogs: Nam alius leporis, alius vulpis, alius cervi, alius platycerotis, alius taxi, alius lutræ, alius mustelæ, alius cuniculi ... The English translation expands these to eleven: Some for / The Hare [lepus] / The Foxe [vulpes] / The Wolfe / The Harte / The Bucke / The Badger [taxus] / The Otter [lutra] / The Polcat / The Lobster / The Weasell / The Conny [cuniculus], &c. The addition of Wolfe--an animal said not to exist in England--is not explained. The Harte (_cervus_) is the elk or red deer; the Bucke (_platyceros_) is the roe deer. The Lobster is not a crustacean but a regional term for “polecat”, listed in the OED with citations of appropriate date. The three-way distinction between Polcat, Lobster and Weasell (subsumed under the single Latin word _mustela_) is not explained. _Cicero_ And albeit _Cicero_ in his oration had _Pro. S. Ross._ be of this opinion... _Pro S. Roscio Amerino_, 20 [56 end]: Quod si luce quoque canes latrent, cum deos salutatum aliqui venerint, opinor, eis crura suffringantur, quod acres sint etiam tum, cum suspicio nulla sit. _“Abridgement”_ The translator uses this term at least six times to describe his work. The body text is about twice as long as the Latin original; note in particular the section on _Delicati_ (the _Melitæus_ or Maltese). _Names and Etymologies_ Note that “Dutch” means “German” (Deutsch). “Boethus” is not Boethius but the Scottish John Boece, variously called Boethus and Boethius. The word “Spaniel” does appear to mean “Spanish”, though its derivation is not exactly as described. “Hound” is related to the Germanic “Hund”, not to the English “Hunt”. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of De Canibus Britannicis, by John Caius