TUKKISH AND PEKSIAN GREYHOUNDS. 51 



having been painted ; so my readers must depend upon description 

 alone. 



THE TURKISH GREYHOUND. 



A small and almost hairless dos^, of the greyhound kind, is met 

 with in Turkey, but it is not common in that country, and I have 

 never seen a specimen or even a good portrait of it. 



THE PERSIAN GREYHOUND 



Is an elegant animal, beautifully formed in all points, and re« 

 sembling the Italian in delicacy of proportions. In Persia he is 

 used for coursing the hare and antelope, as well as sometimes the 

 wild ass. When the antelope is the object of the chase, relays of 

 greyhounds are stationed where the game is likely to resort to and 

 slipped each in their turn as the antelope passes. 



The Persian greyhound is about 24 inches high. The ears are 

 pendulous like those of the Grecian dog, and hairy like those of the 

 English setter, but in other respects he resembles the English 

 smooth greyhound, with the exception of the tail, which may be 

 compared to that of a silky-coated setter. Several portraits of this 

 dog have appeared at various times in the *' Sporting Magazine " 

 and elsewhere, but I am told they do not well represent his ap- 

 pearance. 



