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breeds they represent. The reasons for this de- 

 parture from modern custom will be obvious ; and 

 no doubt, for future reference, such pictures must be 

 more useful than any portraits of individual dogs 

 could be dogs whose prominence before the public 

 is more or less ephemeral. 



The exceptions are the drawings of the Grey- 

 hounds and of the Kerry Beagles. For the former, 

 the extraordinary work of the two great grey- 

 hounds, " Master M'Grath " and " Fullerton," could 

 not be passed over; besides, they form an admirable 

 example of how two hounds, totally different in 

 make and shape, can be equally good in the field. 

 This is the first occasion upon which an illustration 

 of the Kerry Beagle has been published in a work 

 of this kind. The drawing that faces page 97 is 

 taken from a photograph kindly lent me by Mr. 

 Clement Ryan, of Emly House, Tipperary, and is, 

 I believe, quite successful in conveying an idea of 

 what a Kerry Beagle is like. 



Following the precedent of other writers, a point 

 scale is included in the description of each breed of 



