ROUGH SCOTCH GREYHOUXD AND DEERHOUND. 33 



hound, or by a cross between the two. The rough greyhound is 

 identical in shape and make with the pure deerhound, and the two 

 can only be distinguished by their style of running when at work 

 or play ; the deerhound, though depending on his nose, keeping 

 his head much higher than the greyhound, because he uses this 

 attitude in waiting to pull down his game. By some people it is 

 supposed that the smooth variety of the greyhound is as old as the 

 rough ; but, on carefully examining the description given by Arriaiij 

 no one can doubt that the dog of his day was rough in coat, and 

 in all respects like the present Scotch dog. In shape, the Scotch 

 greyhound resembles the ordinary smooth variety, but he is rather 

 more lathy, and has not quite the same muscular development of 

 loin and thigh, though, the bony frame being more fully developed, 

 this is perhaps more apparent than real. 



In spite of the external form being the same in the rough Scotch 

 greyhound used for coursing hares, and the deerhound, there can 

 be no doubt that the two breeds, from having been kept to their 

 own game exclusively, are specially adapted to its pursuit by in- 

 ternal organization, and the one cannot be substituted for the 

 other with advantage. Generally speaking, the deerhound is of 

 larger size than the greyhound, some being 28 inches high, though 

 this size is not very uncommon in the greyhound, and dogs of 

 26^ or 27 inches ar j frequently seen. Mr. Scrope, the author of 

 ." Deer-stalking," gives the following description of Buskar, a cele- 

 brated deerhound belonging to Captain MoNeill of Colonsay, viz. : 

 hight, 28 inches; girth round the chest, 32 inches; running 

 weight, 85 Ibs.; color, red or fawn, with black muzzle. Bran, 

 whose portrait is given at the head of this chapter, and which 

 showed all the points of the deerhound, was by Mr. Stewart 

 Hodgson's Oscar, of the breed of Mr. McKenzie, of Ross-shire, 

 Scotland. The measurement of this noble animal was as fol- 

 lows: from nose to setting on of the tail, 47 inches; tail, 22 

 inches ; hight, 32 inches ; length of head, 12 inches ; circumfer- 

 ence of head, 17| inches ; round the arm at the elbow, 9| inches ; 

 girth at chest, 331 inches ; girth at loin, 24 inches ; round the thigh, 

 17i inches ; round lower thigh hock, 7 inches ; knee, 7 inches. To 



