TUKKISH AND PERSIAN GREYHOUNDS. 43 



THE TURKISH GREYHOUND. 



A small and almost hairless dog, 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 grej'hound, 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 

 3Iagazine,'^ and elsewhere, but I am told they do not well represent 

 his appearance. 



