130 IRISH GREYHOUND. 



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extinct. In the year 1780, Lord Altamont had eight of these 

 tall and noble dogs. The largest of them measured five feet 

 one inch from the nose to the end of the tail, which, itself, was 

 one foot five inches long. Its height from the top of the 

 shoulder to the ground was two feet four inches and a half. 



In the figure of one of Lord Altamont' s dogs, which Mr. A. B. 

 Lambert has published in the third volume of the Linncean Trans- 

 actions, the resemblance to the common greyhound is very slight j 

 but he says, however, from the account he received, that they 

 had " degenerated in size : they were formerly much larger and 

 more like a greyhound," and were good tempered animals. 



THE ITALIAN GREYHOUND. 



This sub-variety of the greyhound is among the most elegant 

 and nimble of all the several breeds of dogs. It is of a very 

 light make, with a short smooth coat. It is very watchful, 

 quick in its movements, gentle and timid in its disposition, and 



