LEE WOLL 189 
Capt. G. H. Graham, of Rednock, Dursley, Glouces- 
tershire, and bred from the only authentic strain 
of Irish Wolf-hound now known. His dimensions 
are as follows :—Height, 294 in.; girth, 333 im.; 
length of head, 12 in. ; girth of do. in front of ears, 
183 in. ; forearm, 84 in. Weight, 102 lbs. 
In a Privy Seal from Henry VIII. to the Lord- 
Deputy and Council of Ireland,* his Majesty takes 
notice of the suit of the Duke of Albuquerque, of 
Spain (of the Privy Council to Henry VIII), on 
behalf of the Marquis Desarrya and his son, “ that 
it might please his Majesty to grant to the said 
Marquis and his son, and the longer liver of them, 
yearly, out of Ireland, two goshawks, and four Wolf- 
hounds,” and commands the Deputy for the time 
being to order the delivery of the hawks and hounds, 
and to charge the cost to the Treasury. 
In November, 1562, as we learn from the State 
Papers relating to Iveland,t the Ivish chieftain, Shane 
O’Neill, forwarded to Queen Elizabeth, through 
Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a present of two 
horses, two hawks, and two Irish Wolf-dogs. In 
1585, Sir John Perrott, who was Lord-Deputy of 
Ireland from January, 1584, to July, 1588, sent to 
Sir Francis Walsingham, then Secretary of State in 
London, “a brace of good Wolf-dogs, one black, the 
other white.” 
Again, in 1608, we find that Irish Wolf-hounds 
were sent from Ireland by Captain Esmond, of 
* Rot. Canc. Dec. 9, 36 H. 8, dorso. 
+ Eliz., vol. vii. No. 4o, in Pub. Ree. Off. { Eliz., vol..cxx. No. 12- 
