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SCULPTURED STONES AT MEIGLE. 



Among the Anglo-Saxons, with whom the wild boar, 

 the wolf, and the hart were constant objects of sport, no 

 dogs were so highly prized as the original race of grey- 

 hounds. 



When a nobleman travelled, he never went without 

 these dogs. The hawk he bore on his wrist, and the 

 greyhounds who ran before him, were certain testimonials 

 of his rank ; and, in the ancient pipe-rolls, payments 

 appear to have been often made in these valuable animals. 



In the llth century, so greatly were greyhounds in 



