36 NATURAL HISTOR* OF THE DOO. 



The first group is represented by the greyhound ; and may 

 appropriately be divided into two sub. varieties, depend it. 

 their distinction chiefly on the length and texture of tli.ir 

 hair. These sub-varieties are the rough, or long-haired 

 and the smooth, or short-haired. I may enumerate them a. 

 follows : 



Rough 



Irish wolf-dog, 



Highland deerhound, 



Russian greyhound, 



Scottish greyhound, 



Persian greyhound, (two sub-varieties,) 



Greek greyhound, 



Arabian greyhound. 



(Common British greyhound, 

 Italian greyhound, 

 Turkish greyhound, 

 Tiger-hound of South America. 



Although I have here separated the Irish wolf-dog from 

 the Highland deerhound, and from the Scottish greyhound, 

 I have only done so, partly in conformity with g 

 opinion that I have yet to correct, and partly because these 

 three dogs, though originally identical, are now unquestiona 

 bly distinct in many particulars. That is to say, the modern 

 Highland deerhound, though the descendant of the Irish 

 wolf-dog, yet in some respects differs from what that noble 

 animal was ; and the Scottish greyhound, again, is just as 

 different from his prototype the deerhound. 



CHAPTER IV. 



CLASS I. THE GREYHOUNDS. 



UBDITmON A. TUB EOUGH GREYHOUND* 



Tht Irith Wolf-dog, Canit Grain* Hibernicut. 



THIS renowned and redoubted animal, from age to age, in 

 tradition and in song, one of the glories of " The Sacred 

 Isle," and with his kindred unrivalled race, the Irish giant. 



