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THE HISTORIE OF SCOTLAND.
present danger; thay al in ane troupe without feir followe,
excepte thay die be the gate: Bot this is worthie of
Rememberance, quhilke our selfes sawe, quhen we war
present, of thir sumwe ar quhais fatt is funde ten inches
The diuer- thick, of quhilke sorte principallie ar in Argyle. Mair- 5
sitie of dogs . . .
and thair ouer because we heir haue maid me^tione of the hunting,
nature.
sumthing in lyk maner we will say of the dogs. Of the
hunting dogs are sindrie kyndes, and sindrie natures, of
quhilkes the first kynde is gretter than ane tuelfmoneth
aide calfe; and this sorte cowmonlie huntis the gretter 10
beistes, as 3c sail sie, athir the harte or the wolfe. The
secund kynde of hunting dog is sumthing lesse than is
this, bot mair couragious than he and nobilar of kynde,
a beist of a meruellous audacitie and suiftnes, that
nocht ofldie oft tymes vses to invade wylde beistes, 15
bot evin the saw men willinglie be the instinctione of
nature he vses to invade quhome he p^rceiuet to do
ony skaith to his maistiris & Leidaris: Ennimies or
traytouris vses mair to feir frome this kynde of dog
oftymes, than frome the baldest ma« of weir. Another 20
kynde of hunting dog is to 81 sent, of quhilkes sum ar
mekle mair than vthir sum, bot of nature ar lyke thir
hairie dogs that ar sent to ws out of Almannie bot in
body mekle les. Thir nocht onlie invades wylde
beistes, bot lykwyse foules and sik kynde of beistes 25
as leiue alsweil be water as be land, in lyke maner and
fisches lurking amang the stanes thay seik out with thair
sent. Is 3it another kynde of senting dogs far different
frome the first, I speik nocht heir of this co#zmone sorte
that huntes the 82 Cuning and the Hair: This kynde is 30
verie rid, with black spotis amang, or contrare. In this
kynde is sick wittines and crueltie, that the hie way butt
ony errour thay follow theiues, and quhen thay finde
thame, quhither in houses or feildes, thay sett vpon
thame, and with sik crueltie of nature, that thame onlie 35
thay ryue with thair teith, 3ie perchance albeit sitting