The historie of foure-footed beastes Describing the true and liuely figure of euery beast, with a discourse of their seuerall names, conditions, kindes, vertues (both naturall and medicinall) countries of their breed, their loue and hate to mankinde, and the wonderfull worke of God in their creation, preseruation, and destruction. Necessary for all diuines and students, because the story of euery beast is amplified with narrations out of Scriptures, fathers, phylosophers, physitians, and poets: wherein are declared diuers hyerogliphicks, emblems, epigrams, and other good histories, collected out of all the volumes of Conradus Gesner, and all other writers to this present day. By Edward Topsell.

Of the Dogge called the theeuish Dogge, in Latine Canis furax.

[ 10] THe like to that whom we haue rehearsed, is the theeuish dog, which at the mandate & bidding of his master fleereth and leereth abrod in the night, hunting Conies by the aire, which is leuened with the sauour and conuei∣ed to the sence of smelling by the meanes of the wind blowing towardes him. During all which space of his hunting, he will not barke, least he should be preiudicial to his own aduantage. And thus watcheh and snatcheth vp in course as many Conies as his maister will suffer him, and beareth them to his maisters standing. The farmers of the countrey and vplandish dwellers, call this kind of Dog a night cur, be∣cause he hunteth in the darke. But let thus much seeme sufficient for dogs which serue [ 20] the game and disport of hunting.