| The Gasehound
The Gasehound,
the agasaeus of former times, was probably allied to, or
connected with, the Irish greyhound. It hunted entirely by sight, and,
if its prey was lost for a time, it could recover it by a singular
distinguishing faculty. Should the deer rejoin the herd, the dog would
unerringly select him again from all his companions:
"Seest thou the gasehound how with glance severe
From the close herd he marks the destined deer?"20
There is no dog possessed of this quality at present known in Europe;
but the translator of Arrian thinks that it might be produced between
the Irish greyhound and the bloodhound.
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