No. 6. 



The Irish Greyhound 



THE IRISH GREYHOUND, 



This exquisite specimen of the ability of our engraver, is a correct copy of that chef-d'teuvre of art, the Irish 

 Grevhol-nd, painted from the life by Reinagle, and engraved by Scott. It is given in our pages for the purpose 

 ot introducing to the notice of agriculturists generally, and to those esptci ally whose residences are remote 

 trom neighbourhoods an invaluable appendage to their household establishments. With courage to attack, 

 and strength to pull down the deer, the wolf, or the midnight marauder, this noble animal possesses a fleetness 

 and agility to overt.ike and pick up the fox or the rabbit ; while his docility and faithfulness render him the 

 safeguard of the farmers family at home, when business calls him to a distance abroad. He is an excellent 

 sporting companion ; and thus his owner is often induced to remain at home in his business, instead of seek- 

 Jng abroad an am.isenient, which so many of his neighbours pursue, to the neglect of home and all its duties t 

 and otten, indeed, is it found, that by means of such a fleet and courageous assistant, he takes more game than 

 do those whose siport oftentimes consists in the fatigue of themselves, their horses, and their hounds 



We once knew a man who had been bred to the law, had become eminent in his profession, and had reaped 

 tnetruitsof his labours; but perceiving that an anxious attention to business was silently undermining his 

 constitution, had the moral courage to choose the better part of valour-discretion ; relinquished the labours of 

 the brain and the consequent horrors of dyspepsia, bought a farm and cultivated it; breakfasted by lamp-light 

 during winter, and dined at twelve o'clock the whole year round; retiring early to rest, instead of burning mid- 

 night oil as heretofore— often with the endeavour to make the worse appear the better reason— occupying him- 

 self during the day in sowing the seeds of peace and plenty instead of those of discord, as was often liis profes- 

 sional du y to do ; becoming as eminent for his skill in agriculture, as he had ever been in the profession of the 

 4 77 '' "'^'''.■^'o'^'^ being the best, Ins crops the largest, his example the brightest in all that part of the country. 

 Ana ne was known even at a distance, by his constant companion-just such a dog as is here pourtrayed ; one 

 ot the same breed having been the bosom friend of Walter Scott, also. In his evening rounds, to see that all 

 was right, he would take his gun and dog, and enjoy a peace of mind and health of body which the wealth of 

 the Indies could not purchase ; remarking, that he possessed, within the bounds of his farm, all that the world 

 Gould give, and more than it could take away ! And often, when speaking of his blessings, would he turn and 

 caress his dog, repeating from " Cotton's Fireside," 



If solid happiness we prize, The world has little to bestow: 



/ !." u"'' '"■^^^t that jewel lies, From our own selves our comforts flow, 



And they are fools who roam : And that dear cot— our tiome ! 



