352 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Connaught are mentioned amongst others:—‘‘ To the King of 
I-maine, seven dresses, seven coats, seven horses, seven grey- 
hounds. ‘To the King of Luigne, ten horses, ten dresses, ten 
goblets, and ten greyounds. ‘Io the Prince of Cineal-n-Aodah, 
seven slaves, seven women, seven goblets, seven swords, and seven 
greyhounds.” 
The conscientious chronicler O'Flaherty writes :—‘‘In the 
western ocean, beyond Imay, are three little islands called Cruagh- 
ar-ni-may, called by Sir James Ware (Ant. Hib. cap. xxviii. p. 287) 
“Tnsula cuniculorum,” on account of the number of rabbits found 
there. These islands are fatal to dogs, which die almost imme- 
diately on landing.” ‘The islands are now called Crua Islands; 
they are untenanted except by rabbits, but no particular fatality 
amongst dogs is observable there at the present time. 
We will now speak of the Wolf-hounds, and at the same time 
of their enemies the Wolves. In the ‘Present State of Great 
Britain and Ireland’ (1738), it is said, ‘There are too many 
Wolves in Ireland; the people are obliged to institute wolf-hunts, 
lest they should be devoured by them.” ‘To this may be added a 
remark of Kohl’s:—‘“‘ One of the last Wolves in Ireland (some say 
the last) is said to have been shot in the year 1712, in one of the 
glens on the east coast.” * 
A proclamation [of Oliver Cromwell], dated from Kilkenny, 
the 27th April, 1652, forbade the exportation of Wolf-houndst 
from Ireland, in consequence of the great increase of Wolves there 
about that date, and the destruction of cattle by them. * * * * 
In 1653, and even in 1665, large rewards were offered for the 
capture of Wolves. O’Flaherty thinks that these “ wolfe dogges” 
were of a different kind from the “‘ Canes venaticos quos grehoundi 
vocamus,” mentioned by Camden (p. 727). These Greyhounds, 
which have smooth skins, are depicted by Waraeus on the title- 
page of his ‘ Hibernia,’ 1658. Dr. Smith, in his ‘ Ancient and 
Modern State of the Co. of Kerry,’ remarks that certain ancient 
* Compare W. Boyd Dawkins, ‘Cave Hunting,’ p.76. The remark of Kohl, ' 
quoted above, does not quite agree with his observation (part i. p. 284) regarding — 
the neighbourhood of Killarney, “ The last Irish wolf is said to have been shot in 
Macegillicuddy’s Reeks about the year 1700.” 
+ The author has “ wolfskins” (wolfshauten), but this is a mistake. The Order 
in Council referred to is given by Hardiman in his edition of O’Flaherty’s ‘ West or 
Har Connaught,’ p. 180. See also an article on the Extinct British Wolf in 
‘ Popular Science Review,’ 1878, p. 400.—Ep. 
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