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skin showing through of a purple colour. 

 The Poligar hound is used for hunting 

 foxes, deer, and jackal, and three of them 

 will tackle a boar. 



Other Greyhounds of Eastern type are 

 the Tartar Greyhound and those of the 

 Crimea, Caucasus, Anatolia, Kurdistan, and 

 Cir cassia. 



It should be the object of all those who 

 import the Greyhounds of the East, and 

 breed them in this country, to try to keep 

 distinct the different varieties, which in 

 many cases have been so carefully preserved 

 in their own lands. The historic interest 

 attached to each breed is alone a sufficient 

 inducement to do so. 



[The above information has been gathered from 

 books on dogs and accounts of travel, often kindly 

 supplemented by the authors themselves. The 

 matter has, however, chiefly been derived from 



reports collected from native breeders, and most 

 kindly given by European travellers and residents, 

 who have been, or who now reside, in the districts 

 where the various breeds are known. Keepers and 

 assistant keepers in the British Museum have 

 been most kind in assisting in research. Thanks 

 are also due to the Societe Nationale d'Acclima- 

 tation de France, and to many friends who have 

 helped with historical and technical knowledge, 

 and also to the owners of the different varieties. 

 Authors quoted are the following: Abul Fazl Allami 

 (Blockman), Theodore Bent, Lady Anne Blunt, 

 J. H. Breasted, H. C. Brooke, Count H. de Bylandt, 

 Coulston, Lord Curzon, Danscy, The Rev. H. W. 

 Dash, C. M. Doughty, Al. Hamdani, H. B. Harris, 



D. G. Hogarth, Ibn Isfandiyar (E. G. Browne), 

 Lane, Guy-le Strange, E. de Leon, Sir C. Lyell, 



E. Mitford, Baron von Oppenheim, S. Lane Poole, 

 A. dc Sauvenierc,, G. Schumacher, Dr. Stumme, 

 E. C. and Major Sykes, J. Watson, Yakut. 

 Contributions from the "Transactions" of the 

 Hakluyt Society, 1875, Stock Keeper, Jan., 1902; 

 Exchange and Mart, Nov., 1904 ; Lady's Pictorial, 

 Feb., 1906 ; County Gentleman. Sept., 1906. F. A.] 



RAMPUR HOUND EILEEN. 



PROPERTY OF LIEUT.-COL. J. GARSTIN, MULTAN. 



