THE GRECIAN GREYHOUND. 4 
ears, which are pricked like that of the spitz or Pomeranian: dog ; 
the character of head is also fox-like as in that dog, but the coat 
is not so long, nor is the tail curved over the back. This dog was 
greatly used by the Indians of the Northern parts of Americar to 
hunt the moose and reindeer, and being required to do this in deep 
snow, those puppies were selected with spreading feet, which in 
other breeds would be rejected as unfitted for hard ground. ~The 
colour is peculiar, being composed of a light ground tipped with 
dark brown in irregular patches verging into black, so as to give 
an appearance of mottle. a: 
VIL—THE GRECIAN GREYHOUND. 
The Grecian Greyhound (Youatt), 
This dog is probably as old as any breed in existence, and no 
doubt closely resembles the greyhound of Xenophon. In the 
