50 DOMESTICATED HUNTING-DOGS. 



THE ALBANIAN DOG. 



The Albanian dog is said to stand about 27 or 28 inches high, 

 with a long pointed muzzle, powerful body, strong and muscular 

 limbs, and a long bushy tail, carried like that of the Newfoundland 

 dog. His hair is very fine and close, being of a silky texture, and 

 of a fawn color, variously clouded with brown. He is used for 

 hunting the wild boar and wolf, as well as for the purpose of 

 guarding the sheep-fold from the latter ; but the accounts of this 

 dog vaiy greatly, and are not much to be relied on. 



THE GRECIAN GREYHOUND. 



This elegant animal is somewhat smaller than the English dog. 

 The hair is longer and slightly wavy, the tail also being clothed 

 with a thin brush of hair. This is supposed to be the same breed 

 as the greyhound of Xenophon, the Athenian. 



THE RUSSIAN GREYHOUND. 



This variety of the greyhound hunts well by scent, and, being at 

 the same time fast and stout, he is used for the destruction of the 

 wolves and bears which inhabit the Russian forests, and also for 

 coursing the deer and the hare. For this latter sport he is well 

 adapted ; but, being somewhat deficient in courage and strength^ 

 he is hardly a match for the wolf and bear, excepting in packs. 



The Russian greyhound is about 26 or 27 inches high, with 

 short pricked ears, turned over at the tips ; he is rather thin and 

 weak in the back and loins, and long on the leg. The coat is 

 thick, but not long, excepting the hair of the tail, which is fanlike, 

 with a spiral twist of a peculiar form. The color is dark brown 

 or grey. I am not aware of any undoubted specimen of this breed 

 having been imported into England, nor of a correct portrait 



