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THE GREYHOUNDS,* 



Canes venaiici, Grayii. 



A RACE, of Avhicli there exist representations above 

 three thousand years old ; one that, -with little in- 

 termixture, forms the aggregate of the semi-wild 

 unowned street-dogs of Egypt and South-western 



* The name Graius has been supposed tq derive from the high 

 degree of estimation tlie race was held in. " Quod prwcipni 

 ^adus Bit inter canes," says Caius. ' Others beheved it signi- 

 fied a Greek hound. Mr. Whitaker, -with more probability, 

 draws the name from the British Grceh, or Greg, a dog. 



