SCOTCH GREYHOUND.—Canis familiaris. 
THE RussIAN GREYHOUND is also gifted with the power of running by scent, and 
is employed at the present day for the same purposes which Irish Greyhounds subserved 
in former times. 
Many Russian forests are infested with wild boars, wolves, and bears, and this 
powerful and swift Dog is found of great use in the destruction of these quadrupedal 
pests. In size it is about equal to the Scotch Greyhound. It is not exclusively used for 
the chase of the large and savage beasts, but is also employed in catching deer, hares, and 
other animals which come under the ordinary category of “game.” 
The fur of this Dog is thick, but does not run to any length. 
THE NOBLE and graceful animal which is the representative of the Greyhound family 
in Persia, derives its origin from a source which is hidden in the mists of antiquity, and 
has been employed in the chase of swift-footed animals from time immemorial. Powerful 
of jaw, quick and supple of limb, the PerRs1AN GREYHOUND is chosen to cope with that 
swift and daring animal, the wild ass, as well as with the no less rapid antelope, and the 
slower, but more dangerous, wild boar. 
Of all these creatures, the wild ass gives the most trouble, for it instinctively 
keeps to rocky and mountainous neighbourhoods, which afford a refuge unassailable 
by the sure-footed Persian horse, and from which it can only be driven by such agile 
creatures as the native Greyhounds. So untiring is the wild ass, and so boldly does it 
traverse the rocky mountain spurs among which it loves to dwell, that a single ass will 
