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to be taken as typical specimens of the various 

 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, Welsh hounds, and Kerry Beagles. For 

 the former, the extraordinary work of " Master 

 M'Grath " and " Fullerton," could not be passed 

 over ; besides, they form an admirable example of 

 two greyhounds, totally different in make and shape, 

 equally good in the field. This is the first occasion 

 upon which illustrations of Kerry Beagles and Welsh 

 hounds have been published in a work of this kind. 

 The drawing of the former is taken from a photo- 

 graph 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. The Welsh hounds are portraits of 

 specimens in the kennels of Mr. E. Buckley, of 



