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Section II.—Domesticated Dogs, which hunt in packs or 
singly, principally by the eye, although sometimes the scent. 
Variety 8 —Graius Hibernicus. — The Irish Greyhound.— 
Hair pale cinnamon or fawn; from three to four feet high; 
very strong and courageous. 
Variety 9.— Defendants. — The Albanian Dog.—S ize of the 
mastiff; hair fine, thick, and long, of a silky texture; of differ¬ 
ent shades of brown ; tail long and bushy. 
Variety 10.— Lanarius. —French Matin. — Head elongat¬ 
ed ; forehead flat; ears erect, and slightly pendulous at tips; 
hair yellowish-fawn, with blackish, slate-coloured, oblique, and 
parallel indistinct rays all over the body. About two feet high. 
Variety 11. — Maculatus. — Great Danish Dog. — Hair 
white, marked all over with thick-set black spots and patches; 
ears long, white. 
Variety 12.— Caledonius. — Scottish Highland Grey¬ 
hound.—C olour of hair sandy-brown, or fawn colour, very 
rough ; head long and muzzle sharp ; body strong, chest deep. 
About three and a half, or four feet high. 
Variety 13.— Graius Borealis. —Russian Greyhound.— 
Hair dark amber-brown, long, bushy; tail spirally twisted. 
Nearly the size of the Irish Greyhound. 
Section III.—Domesticated dogs, which hunt singly, and 
always by the eye. 
Variety 14. — Agasceus. —The Gazehound.—S eemingly ex¬ 
tinct. 
Variety 15.— Graius. —The Greyhound. —Plate XI. fig. 4.— 
Muzzle very much elongated ; forehead very low; limbs long 
and slender: chest very deep ; loins slender; back somewhat 
arched; hair short and smooth, generally fawn-coloured, but 
subject to great variety. 
Variety 16.— Graius Italianus. —The Italian Greyhound. 
— Hair pale mouse-brown, very short and sleek ; chest deep ; 
loins small; limbs slender, beautifully formed. About half the 
size of the common greyhound. 
Variety 17.— JEgypticus. —The Turkish Greyhound.— 
About half the bulk of the Italian greyhound; it is nearly 
naked; skin of a leaden or black colour; ears long and erect. 
