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THE GREYHOUND. (Cants Grains.) 



The qualities which are most essential to a greyhound are 

 swiftness, good wind, keen steady sight, and the power of 

 enduring sudden and violent exertion. He is remarkable for 

 hunting by sight and not by scent. The whole shape of his 

 lank body, and the length of his slender limbs, admirably adapt 

 him for speed. Daniel, in his Rural Sports, says, that though 

 " upon a flat a first-rate horse would be superior to a greyhound ; 

 yet in a hilly country, as in Wiltshire, the greyhound would 

 have the advantage." He says that a brace of greyhounds, in 

 Lincolnshire, hunted a hare for upwards of four miles, in the 

 short space of twelve minutes ; during the course there were 

 several turns, which very considerably increased the space tra- 

 versed; the hare became exhausted and dropped dead before 

 the greyhounds touched her. 



THE IRISH GREYHOUND, OR IRISH WOLF-DOG. 



The general appearance of this dog is such as to indicate that 

 it was originally produced from the great Danish dog crossed by 

 the greyhound. No pure unmixed specimens, however, now 

 exist even in Ireland, where it was anciently so highly prized for 

 its services in hunting the native wolves, which are now, also, 



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