Note 320 — APPENDIX.
William Dansey translation
A passage which Wase supposes to allude to the canis Gallicus of Arrian; whose impetuosity of course, and entire want of scent, his peculiar characteristics, resemble the heedless, rash, and head-strong ardour of the Gallic character in general, Antiq. Sept. et Celt. Keysler. s. ii. c. ii. 6.(Ælian. V. H. L. xii. c. 23.) and particularly of the Gallic soldiers of Lucan’s Pharsalia:
Lucan. L. i. p. 19. Ed. Farnab.
quos ille timorum Maximus haud urget lethi metus; inde ruendi In ferrum mens prona viris, animæque capaces Mortis: et ignavum redituræ parcere vitæ.
But an allusion to the war-dogs of Celtica, the “diversi Celtæ” of vs. 156. of the Cynegeticon, seems equally tenable. At the same time, it is not impossible but that both passages may refer to greyhounds, under the names of Galli and Celtæ.