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ears. Now the present Nubian greyhound, as seen in the beautiful plates of M. 

 Prisse's Oriental Album, appears to be the very same animal ; and it is a curious 

 fact, mentioned to me by Mr. Gliddon, that the Modern Nubians habitually crop 

 the ears of this dog. 



4. The third form of antique greyhound has a bushy tail. It is figured by 

 Hamilton Smith from the monuments, but I have not yet met with it, and conse- 

 quently cannot at present determine its age. A similar form, called the AJcaha 

 greyhound, is yet common in Syria and Arabia.* 



But what is not less remarkable than the permanence and vast antiquity of the 

 preceding forms, is the fact that what we call the English greyhound is figured 

 with every distinctive characteristic, even to the semi-pendant ears, on a sup- 

 posed antique statue now preserved in the Vatican at Rome. \ 



The first three of this series are probably primordial forms; but the English 

 greyhound may be a derivative from some partial intermixture, in the same man- 

 ner that the Irish greyhound is said to be derived from an infusion of the great 

 Danish dog with the common breed. \ 



5. The Bloodhound (C Sagax.) Several varieties of the stag and blood- 

 hound are very closely allied. In the tomb of Roti, at Beni Hassan, is a painting 

 representing a spirited deer-hunt, and the dogs, two of which are represented, are 

 admirable illustrations of this variety. They are common on the latter monu- 

 ments: for example, in the Grand Frocession of Thotmes III, (B. C. 1700,) where 

 several of them are associated with people and productions of the interior of Afri- 

 ca. Again, yet later, it is seen in a tomb at Gourneh, near Thebes ; and if I 

 mistake not, through various later epochs. Now if we compare the oldest of 

 the delineations viz. : those of Beni Hassan, with the bloodhounds of Africa 

 lately (and perhaps yet) living in the Tower Menagerie in London, we cannot 

 deny their identity, so complete is the resemblance of form and instinct. || 



6. The Turnspit {C. vertagus.) Wilkinson and Blainville have both ac- 

 knowledged that a variety of this dog is figured in the tomb of Roti, at Beni 

 Hassan. IT It is yet common both in Europe and Asia. 



7. The Watch Dog (C. .) Several of these animals, or at least 



their analogues, are figured in the tomb just mentioned, ** They bear a 

 striking resemblance to one figured on a Roman mosaic pavement at Pompeii, and 

 are frequently met with in the East. It is possibly this dog which represents a 

 second canine symbol in the hieroglyphic alphabet ; but the figure is too small to 

 enable me to speak with confidence.ff 



8. House Dog. (C. hybridus.) I take this identification and provisional 

 specific name, as I have also most of the others of this series, from Blainville. X\X 



LaBorde, Trav. through Arabia Petraea, p. 118. Russell's Alleppo, II, p. 179. 

 t Blainville, Osteographie, Canis, pi. XIV. 

 J Bell, British Quadrupeds, p. 241. 

 Hoskins's Ethiopia, Grand Procession, Part I. 

 II Bennett. Tower Menagerie, p. S3. 

 IT Rosellini, Tav. XVII, fig. 4. 



*Idem. Tab. XVII, fig. 2,4,9. See Martin on the Dog, p. 49. 

 ft Bunsen, ut supra, p. 417. 



\\X Osteographie, Canis, pi. XIV. Blainville calls it chien domestique. It is also 

 the Rosruct of the French. 



