. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE DOG AND THE LAW. 555 decided opinions ; for we find that he or- dained " Quod nullus mediocris habebit nee custodiet canes quod Angh Greyhounds appellant," which means " that no one of the middle class " (or perhaps more cor- rectly, " lower order ") " shall be possessed of or keep dogs which the English call ; It is probably unknown to what sort of breeds
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE DOG AND THE LAW. 555 decided opinions ; for we find that he or- dained " Quod nullus mediocris habebit nee custodiet canes quod Angh Greyhounds appellant," which means " that no one of the middle class " (or perhaps more cor- rectly, " lower order ") " shall be possessed of or keep dogs which the English call ; It is probably unknown to what sort of breeds the little dogs referred to belonged, but they were apparently insignificant little toy dogs, for we are told that they were regarded as so harmless that the mowers took them into the fields with them. It is certain that Spaniels (called by Budceus " canis odoriferus ") could not be kept in the forest without a special grant. The test in any case was one of size, and foresters were provided with a fixed gauge in the form of a hoop. Only the little dogs which could creep through this were exempt, and as the diameter of the gauge was hardly more than seven inches most of the privileged dogs must have been very little indeed. The Mastiff, apart from these little dogs, was the only dog allowed in the forest, and he, except under special grant or possibly by prescription, had to suffer expeditation. In old British language. Mastiffs and all other barking curs about houses in the night, were called " masethefes," because " they maze and fright thieves from their ; Every third year the Regarders of the Forest—twelve lawful men accommodated with ministerial functions—made inspection of all the dogs within their jurisdiction, and presented such Mastiffs as they found to be unmutilated to the Court of Swainmote. There being no official executioner appointed by Forest Law, it became the practice of the court " to cause the foresters within w
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