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loft more ground than haih been recoverable in the 

 whole Courfe after : however, with a little car'^, n a 

 Ihort time this errour may be rectified •, and then you 

 will experimentally find The good Vogs upon the VeefF 

 will ever beat the good Dogs ttpon the Plains. 



It is a received opinion, that the Grey-homd-Eitch will 

 beat the Grey- hound-Dog, by reafon (he excelleth him in 

 nimblcnefs : but if you confider that the Dog is longer 

 and rtronger, you muft look upon that opinion no more 

 than as a vulgar errour. 



Here note, as to the breeding of your Grey-homdfy 

 that the beft Dog upon an indifferent Bitch, will not 

 get fo good a Whelp as an indifferent D02 upon the 

 befi Bitch. ^ 



Obferve this in general as to breeding, let your Dogs 

 and Bitches, as near as you can, be of an equal age, no£ 

 exceeding four years old : however, to breed with a 

 young Dog and an old Bitch, may be the means of pro- 

 ducing excellent Whelps, the goodnefs whereof you (hall 

 know by their Shapes in this manner. 



If they are raw-bon'd, lean, loofe-made, fickle or 

 •rooked-hough'd, and generally unknit in every Mem- 

 ber i thefe are the proper marks of excellent (liape and 

 goodnefs : but if after thtee or four months they appear 

 round and clofe-truO, fat, ttraight, and as it were full 

 fummed and knit in every Member, they never prove 

 good, fwift, nor comely. 



The goodnefs of fhape in a Grey-homd after a year 

 and a half old, is this : his Head muft be lean and long, 

 with a fharp Nofe, ruOi-grown from the Eye down- 

 ward i a full clear Eye, with long. Eye-lids-, a Oiirp 

 liar, fhort and clofe falling ; a long fQcck a little bend- 

 ing, with a loofe hanging Weafand \ a broad Breall, 

 n'^'l ,^?l'^*^^S'' hollow Side, ftraightRibs-, a fquare 

 11a t Back, Ihort and fcrong Fillets, a broad fpace between 

 the Hips, a ftrong Stern or Tail , a round Foot, and 

 good large Ckffs. F, Xh« 



