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THE GREYHOUNDS,* 



Canes venatid, GRAYII. 



A RACE, of which there exist representations above 

 three thousand years old ; one that, with little in- 

 termixture, forms the aggregate of the semi-wild 

 unowned street-dogs of Egypt and South-western 



* The name Grains has been supposed to derive from the high 

 degree of estimation the race was held in. " Quod praecipui 

 gradus sit inter canes," says Caius. Others believed it signi- 

 fied a Greek hound. Mr. Whitaker, with more probability, 

 draws the name from the British Grech, or Greg, a dog. 



