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THE PERSIAN GREYHOUND. 



THE RUSSIAN GREYHOUND is also gifted with the power of running by scent, and is 

 employed at the present day for the same purposes which Irish Greyhounds subserved 

 in former times. 



Many Russian forests are infested with wild boars, wolves, and bears, and this power- 

 ful and swift Dog is found of great use in the destruction of these quadrupedal pests. 

 In size it is about equal to the Scotch Greyhound. It is not exclusively used for the 

 chase of the large and savage beasts, but is also employed in catching deer, hares, and 

 other animals which come under the ordinary category of "game." 



The fur of this Dog is thick, but does not run to any length. 



SCOTCH GREYHOUND.-Qm/a famlllarls. 



THE NOBLE and graceful animal which is the representative of the Greyhound family 

 in Persia, derives its origin from a source which is hidden in the mists of antiquity, 

 and has been employed in the chase of swift-footed animals from time immemorial. 

 Powerful of jaw, quick and supple of limb, the PERSIAN GREYHOUND is chosen to 

 cope with that swift and daring animal the wild ass, as well as with the no less rapid 

 antelope, and the slower, but more dangerous, wild boar. 



Of all these creatures, the wild ass gives the most trouble, for it instinctively keeps 

 to rocky and mountainous neighborhoods, which afford a refuge unassailable by 

 the sure-footed Persian horse, and from which it can only be driven by such agile 

 creatures as the native Greyhounds. So untiring is the wild ass, and so boldly does it 

 traverse the rocky mountain spurs among which it loves to dwell, that a single ass will 



