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no doubt, in the back of the brain, without any corresponding 

 increase of intellectual faculties, it would be desirable to do so. 

 But unfortunately this is not attainable without some slight 

 drawback ; for, though it may be possible to select heads in which 

 there is a very great increase in volume in the back of the head, 

 in proportion to the enlargement of the forehead, still the latter 

 part is more or less developed, and in these animals greater care 

 is necessary in the rearing to prevent them from self-hunting, 

 or from assisting the sheep-dog of the farm in finding and killing 

 what rabbits and hares are in the neighbourhood. But when that 

 care has been taken, this greyhound is really valuable ; his 

 courage is immense ; no amount of injury or work seems to cow 

 him (though he is not necessarily stout, for this quality, I believe, 

 resides in the whole nervous system, and not in any part of it), 

 and even the whip only subdues for a time his appetite for blood. 

 The jaw can hardly be too lean, but the muscle should be full, 

 and there should be little or no development of the nasal 

 sinuses. I am not fond of long-nosed greyhounds, but I have 

 seen good ones possessing that appendage in almost every variety 

 of shape. The eye should be full and bright, giving the idea 

 of high spirits and animation. As to the ears, there is a 

 very great variety in the different breeds, from the large up- 

 standing ones of the ' Heatherjock' variety to the small and 

 elegantly-falling ear of most of our modern greyhounds. The 

 bitch has always a neater and more compact head than her 

 brothers, and there is generally a livelier look about the eye ; 

 but though the head is smaller, it is still in the same relative 



