Note 221 — ARRIAN ON COURSING.
William Dansey translation
Αἱ γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἐμφανεῖ ὁμιλίαι οὐ γόνιμοι. This ridiculous notion, though doubtfully advanced in the manual, is supported by many of the old Cynegetica.
Gratii Cyneg. 279.
Sed frustrà longus properat labor, abdita si non Altas in latebras, unique inclusa marito Fœmina, nec patitur veneris sub tempore mœchos Illa, neque emeritæ servat fastigia laudis. Primi complexus, dulcissima prima voluptas. Hunc veneri dedit impatiens natura furorem.
Cynograph. Curios. p. 54.
The credulous author of the Cynographia Curiosa adds to the absurdity of the notion by saying, “Si tum videantur canes, venationi inutiles parient,” borrowing the same from the Cynosophium, where such an opinion is said to be the result of long experience. See Cynosoph. c. ii.