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100 1 _aArrian,
_d90?-180?
240 1 0 _aCynegeticus
245 1 0 _aArrian on coursing
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2026
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2026-02-23
508 _aRichard Tonsing, Robert Tonsing, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _aArrian on coursing by Arrian is a translated treatise with annotations written in the early 19th century. It presents an English rendering of the ancient Cynegeticus on greyhound hare-coursing, pairing practical instruction on breeding, training, slipping, and kennel management with classical scholarship and an appendix on the hunting dogs of antiquity. Addressed to dedicated coursers rather than general readers, it also argues for the legitimacy and measured enjoyment of the sport. The opening of the volume dedicates the work to “amateurs of the leash,” then uses a long preface to set its aim and audience, survey classical and medieval sources on the canis Gallicus, and outline what Arrian covers—greyhound form and temperament, feeding and exercise, entering puppies, careful slipping, and four Celtic modes of coursing. It contends that modern practice has added little to Arrian’s core methods, and offers a reasoned defense of coursing against moral critics, urging moderation. The translator explains his literal approach, the use of technical terms and extensive notes, and previews an appendix clarifying ancient dog-types. A bibliographical note sketches the manuscript’s discovery and key editions, and a brief biographical notice situates Arrian as a Nicomedian man of letters and soldier under Hadrian, author of historical, philosophical, and geographical works. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cLondon: J. Bohn, 1831
653 _aHunting
653 _aCoursing
700 1 _aDansey, William,
_d1792-1856
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/arrianoncoursing00arri
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78013
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