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THE GRECIAN GREYHOUND, 



Ccmis Grains of Authors, 



Who have taken it to be typical of the group, 

 is still extant nearly in the exact form described 

 by Oppian and older classic writers. It is some- 

 ^vhat remarkable that modern travellers should 

 have confounded this dog with the Molossian ; for 

 the one belongs to the Persian race, being covered 

 with a rather short but silky fur, and having a long 

 slender tail well feathered, with long and soft hair, 

 capable of making the kind of shade which was so 

 much admired by the ancients ; whilst the other is 

 already noticed as of the Laniarian group. Those 

 we have seen were slate-coloured and white, but 

 had not the peculiar blue eyes noticed by the an- 

 cients. They are still used in deer-hunting. 



Among the smooth-haired, we shall take the next 

 in gradation from the villous. It is the 



Turkish Greyhound^ with a very pointed nose 

 and long hairy ears, but smooth coat, ashy-grey, 

 white, or brindled in colour. It is among this and 

 the last mentioned breed that the stop greyhound is 

 found so trained, that when a whole pack of them 

 are in pursuit of a doubling hare, a stick thrown 



