ITALIAN GREYHOUND. 



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remarkable for the constant trembling of its whole body, arising 

 probably from excessive sensibility. The common greyhound is 

 also similarly excited if caressed, when the palpitation of its 

 heart may be observed to be most violent and irregular. 



KING CHARLES'S SPANIEL. (Canis brevipilis, Linn.) 



This beautiful breed received its name from having been 

 the favourite dog of that ill-fated monarch Charles the First, 



