THE ORF.YIIOUND. 



t\ims, niul the Grcvliounds making a largo circuit every time that the hare 

 changes her line. Two Greyhounds are sent after each hare, and matched 

 against each other, for the pur|)osc of trying their comparative strength and 

 speed. Some liares are so crafty and so agile, that they halllc the best hounds, and 

 get away fairly into cover, from whence the Greyhound, working only by sight, 

 is unable to drive them. 



jNiiturally, the Greyhound of pure blood is not possessed of a ver\' detemiined 

 character, and it is therefore found necessarj' to give these creatures the propel 

 amount of endurance by crossing them with the l)ull-(log. one of the most deter- 

 mined and courageous animals in existence. As may be supposed, the immediate 

 otl'spring of a bull-dog and a Greyhoiuul is a most migainly animaJ, but by 



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