Note 315 — APPENDIX.

It is a curious fact, that in the Hebrew text of the Scriptures there is no allusion whatever to hunting with dogs. Nimrod is called in the Greek version γίγας κυνηγὸς, Genesis x. 9., and Esau ἄνθρωπος εἰδὼς κυνηγεῖν, genesis xxv. 27.; but in the Hebrew, there is no reference to the employment of the dog. TheBochart. Hierozoic. L. ii. c. lvi. canis lumbis tenuibus, quo ad venationem utuntur venatores, introduced by commentators, Proverbs xxx. 31., I believe to be a fanciful rabbinical creation. See a note on the subject in the prefatory matter to my translation of Arrian.