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PROF. B. C. A. WINDLE AND MR. J. HUMPHREYS [Jail. 14, 



The Modern Irish Wolf-dog has little in common with the 

 above-mentioned breed except its name. According to ' Stonehenge,' 

 "Tiie Scotcli D?erhound is taken as the stock on which to graft 

 o-reater size and power, and most probably this has been done, partly 

 by tlie selection of very lar^e specimens and partly by crossing 

 with the Mastiff, or possibly with the great Dane." The result is, 

 of course, the production of a perfectly artificial breed. 



Table lX.—3Iodern Irish Wolf-dogs. 



These specimens are from the Nat. Hist. Museum. 



The follo-^ving measurements are from a specimen of the Scotch 

 Deerhound in the Museum of the Roy. Coll. Surgeons. 



Table X. — Scotch Deerhound. 



A Chinese Wolf-dog in the same collection should perhaps 

 find its place here. 



