THE GKEYHOUND. 133' 



Ardour in the cliase. 



former hud caught the hare, as no marks of vio- 

 lence were discovered upon her. A labouring 

 man, whom they past, said he saw the dogs turn 

 her two or three times. 



In the year 1 792, as a game-keeper of Lord 

 Egremont's was leading a brace of greyhounds 

 in couples, a hare accidentally crossed the road 

 in view: this temptation proved so irresistible, 

 that the dogs, by a joint effort, suddenly broke 

 from their conductor, and gave chase, shackled 

 as they were together, to the great admiration 

 of those who were spectators of a scene so novel 

 and entertaining. When they got up, and gave 

 the hare the first turn, it was evidently much to 

 her advantage, as the greyhounds were so em- 

 barrassed that it was with great difficulty they 

 could change the direction. Notwithstanding 

 this temporary delay, however, they sustained no 

 diminution of natural energy, but continued the 

 course through and over various obstructions; 

 till the object of their pursuit fell a victim to 

 their invincible perseverance, after a run of be- 

 tween three and four miles. 



A few years since, the greyhound of a gentle- 

 man who was delayed at Dover in waiting for a 

 wind, was taken by the owner and a small party, 

 in search of a hare who had esc-aped her previous 

 pursuers of every description. When found, 

 the greyhound soon proved himself so superior 

 in speed, that the hare instantly ran for the cliff, 

 as the only chance of escaping; but her pursuer, 



