"The Dog," p. 19,
4th ed.) dog has a bad mouth and cannot hold."

(9) Or, "a short-sighted, wall-eyed dog has defective vision."

(10) Or, "they are weedy, ugly brutes as a rule."

(11) Or, "stiffness of limbs means he will come off." Cf. "Mem." III.
xiii. 6.

(12) Lit. "a weak, thinly-haired animal is incapable of severe toil."

(13) Or, "Nor will courage compensate for unsound feet. The toil and
moil will be too great to endure, and owing to the pains in his
feet he will in the end give in."

Similarly many different modes of hunting a line of scent are to be seen
in the same species of hound. (14) One dog as soon as he has found the
trail will go along without sign or symptom to show that he is on
the scent; another will vibrate his ears only and keep his tail (15)
perfectly still; while a third has just the opposite propensity: he will
keep his ears still and wag with the tip of his tail. Others draw their
ears together, and assuming a solemn air, (16) drop their tails, tuck
them between their legs, and scour along the line. Many do nothing of
the sort. (17) They tear madly about, babbling round the line when they
light upon it, and senselessly trampling out the scent. Others again
will make wide circuits and excursions; either forecasting the line,
(18) they overshoot it and leave the hare itself behind, or every time
they run against the line they fall to conjecture, and when they catch
sight of the quarry are all in a tremor, (19) and will not advance a
step till they see the creature begin to stir.

(14) Or, "Also the same dogs will exhibit many styles of coursing: one
set as soon as they have got the trail pursue it without a sign,
so there is no means of finding out that the animal is on the
track."

(15) "Stern."

(16) Or "with their noses solemnly fixed on the ground and sterns
lowered."

(17) Or, "have quite a different action"; "exhibit quite another
manner."

(18) i.e. "they cast forwards to make short cuts," of skirters too
lazy to run the line honestly.

(19) Reading {tremousi}, "fall a-trembling"; al. {atremousi}, stand
"stock-still"; i.e. are "dwellers."

A particular sort may be described as hounds which, when hunting or
pursuing, run forward with a frequent eye to the discoveries of the rest
of the pack, because they have no confidence in themselves. Another sort
is over-confident--not letting the cleverer members of the pack go