188 EXTINCT BRITISH ANIMALS. 
Campion, whose “ History of Ireland” was pub- 
lished in 1570, refers to the chase of the Wolf there 
~ with Wolf-hounds. ‘The Irish,” hesays, “are not 
without Wolves, or greyhounds to hunt them ; bigger 
of bone and limme than a colt.”* 
Sir James Ware, in his “ Antiquities of Ireland ” 
(1658), notices, “those hounds which, from their 
hunting of Wolves, are commonly called ‘ Wolf-dogs,’ 
IRISH WOLI-HOUND. 
being creatures of great strength and size, and of a 
fine shape.” 
Ray has described the Irish Wolf-hound as a tall, 
rough greyhound ; so also has Pennant, who descants 
at some length on his extraordinary size and power. 
The Wolf-hound here figured is a dog belonging to 
* See also Holinshed, “ Descrip. Ivcl.’”’ 1586; and Camden, “Britannia,” 
vol. i, p. 1312 (ed. Gibson). 
