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and Britain at a very early period. Farther east, 

 there were of late years hounds not derived from 

 the European breed; such, for example, as the 

 dogs of the Koordah Rajah, of larger dimensions 

 than ours, and -with so fine a nose, that they could 

 trace deer several hours after they had passed, 

 which, in a hot country, evinces an acuteness of 

 scent not to he expected from the European. 



THE ORIENTAL HOUND. 

 PLATE XL 



We figure a hound from a drawing made in Persia, 

 one of several belonging to a Coordish Chief, dif- 

 fering from the English fox-hound chiefly in the 

 greater height of the legs and shorter body. The 

 colours refer it to the breed of St. Louis, from 

 Palestine. 



In the present group, although the anatomical 

 forms remain in general the same, there is perceived 

 in the crania a superior development of the cerebral 

 inclosure, a rounder forehead, and higher central 

 ridge to secure the temporal muscles, enlarged in- 

 terorbital space to admit the organs of smell, and a 

 greater breadth of the jaws. In the several species 

 there is found a broader nose, more full and promi- 

 nent eyes, large pendulous ears, a raised and trun- 



