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Varieties of the Dog. 



seen, 1 think, as many of any one colour which can be 

 mentioned, as of others common in the greyhound. So 

 with the ears ; different breeds are so xexy variously fur- 

 nished with this appendage, that nothing can be made of 



it as a sign of good or bad qualities. Some good ones 

 are possessed of falling, soft, and broad ears ; others of 

 sharp and screwed -up ears; and others again of foxy, 

 pricked ears ; and these are very remarkable in the de- 

 scendants of Heather-jock, belonging to Dr. l)rown, in 

 Scotland, who often inherit this ])eculiarity to the third 

 and fourth generation. 



Tlie neck is a very beautiful part of the high-l)red grey- 

 hound, and is properly compared with that of the drake, 

 though not quite coming up to the elegance of that bird. 



