RACES OF DOGS. 



1047 



Fro. 1395.— Persian Greyhound. 



more timid, 

 though marvel- 

 ously graceful, 

 Italian grey- 

 hound (Fig. 

 1396). 



The Blood- 

 Hound. — This 

 animal (Fig. 

 139?) is closely 

 allied with the 

 old English 

 staghound,now 

 very rare. The 

 blood-hound is 

 a terribly fero- 

 cious animal as 

 employed in 

 tracking fugi- 



Fia. 1396.— Italian Greyhound, 



