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what they are called, not only in their speed and 

 actions, but also in their appearance ; and I see no 

 reason why with the increase of their speed, and their 

 similarity of shape to that animal, they should not 

 also become like him deficient in the powers of smelling. 

 Baron Cuvier in his Regne Animal, gives the fol- 

 lowing reason for the greyhound being less gifted 

 with the powers of smelling, than other dogs with 

 larger and broader heads. In speaking of their long 

 noses and flat foreheads, he says, " the flatness of the 

 forehead is produced by the obliteration of the frontal 

 sinuses from those cavities which are formed at the 

 base of the nose, which being immediately connected 

 with the nasal cavities, and covered with the same 

 membranes as they are, increase the sense of smelling ; 

 this is generally accompanied with an extraordinary 

 slenderness and length of the legs, as well as a great 

 contraction of the abdomen, phenomena which although 

 not explained are without exception." 



If a person wishes to become the possessor of a pack 

 of hounds, no doubt, as has been advised by Mr. 

 Beckford, Col. Cooke, and other writers on the subject, 

 the most approved plan is to purchase one which has 

 been some years established ; by these means he will 

 be able to command a greater share of success from the 

 commencement of his career, than by going through 

 the whole routine and drudgery of making a pack from 

 drafts ; of the anxiety and trouble of which undertaking 

 no one can have an idea, unless he may himself have 

 been a labourer in that vineyard. To those upon 

 whom the fickle goddess has less liberally showered her 

 benefits, the more laborious path must be pursued, 



