176 EGYPTIAN GREYHOUND. 



before them instantly produces a general halt ; and 

 one only is then singled out to pursue the game. 



The Egyptian Greyhound may be the same as 

 the Bedouin, but is smoother, and now rarely 

 met with in that country, but more usually to the 

 westward, in the Barbary states ; it is in form like 

 the Italian, but equals the European in size, has a 

 delicate skin, very smaU ears, somewhat more up- 

 right than usual, and in colour white-black, or 

 spotted of both colours. 



THE ITALIAN GREYHOUND, 



Canis Italicus, Gm., 



Is a well known variety of inferior size, and so de- 

 licate as to bear our climate with difficulty. Although 

 it is a breed of great beauty, little use can be made 

 of its speed, and the ladies almost solely patronize 

 this animal ; it is said that om- finest breeds have 

 been improved by a cross from it. 



