Note 220 — ARRIAN ON COURSING.
William Dansey translation
Xenophon merely says that the dog and bitch should be ἀγαθοὶ, and the Faliscian adds that they be of tried spirit,
Cyneget. vs. 266.
Et primum expertos animi, quæ gratia prima est, In venerem jungunt, &c.
The Chace. B. iv.
for every longing dame select Some happy paramour; to him alone In leagues connubial join. Consider well His lineage; what his fathers did of old, Chiefs of the pack, &c.