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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,' 

 " Tlie Scotch D?erliound is taken as the stock on which to graft 

 greater size and power, and most piobably this has been done, partly 

 by tlie selection of very larjie specimens and partly by crossing 

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

 of course, the production of a perfectly artificial breed. 



Table IX. — Modern Irish Wolf-dogs. 



These Bpecimens are from the Nat. Hist. Museum. 



The follo-n-ing 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. 



