38 DOMESTICATED HUx\TING-DOGS. 



THE GAZEHOUND. 



This breed is now lost, and it is very difficult to ascertain in 

 what respects it differed from the greyhound. Bewick describes it 

 minutely, but he does not appear to have any authority for what 

 he writes on this particular. 



THE IRISH GllEYHOUND, OR WOLF-DOG. 



This fine animal is now, I believe, extinct, though there are 

 still some gentlemen who maintain that they possess the breed in 

 all its pristine purity of blood. They are much larger than the 

 deerhound ; some of them being 35 or even 38 inches high, but 

 resembling that dog in shape, being generally of a fawn colour, with 

 a rough coat, and pendent ears. They were formerly used for the 

 purpose of hunting the wolf. 



THE MATIN. 



The French matin is not a very distinct dog, comprehending an 

 immense variety of animals, which in England would be called 

 lurchers, or sheep dogs, according to the uses to which they are 

 put. The head has the elongated form of this division of the dog, 

 with a flat forehead ; the ears stand up, but are pendulous towards 

 the tip, and the colour varies from red to fawn. He is about 24 

 inches high, has strong muscular action, and is very courageous, 



