THE GREYHOUND. 



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GREYHOOND.-Canis famUiuru. 



the Greyhounds making a large circuit every time that the hare changes her line. Two Grey- 

 hounds are sent after each hare, and matched against each other, for the purpose of trying 





IRISH GREYHOUND. Cants familiarls. 



their comparative strength and speed. Some hares are so crafty and so agile, that they baffle 

 the best hounds, and get away fairly into cover, from whence the Greyhound, working only 

 by sight, is unable to drive them. 



