1 88 EXTINCT BRITISH ANIMALS. 



Campion, whose "History of Ireland" was pub- 

 lished in 1570, refers to the chase of the Wolf there 

 with "Wolf-hounds. " The Irish," he says, " are not 

 without Wolves, or greyhounds to hunt them ; bigger 

 of bone and limme than a colt."* 



Sir James Ware, in his "Antiquities of Ireland" 

 (1658), notices, "those hounds which, from their 

 hunting of Wolves, are commonly called ' Wolf-dogs/ 



IRISH WOLF-HOUND. 



being creatures of great strength and size, and of a 

 fine shape." 



Ray has described the Irish Wolf-hound as a tall, 

 rough greyhound ; so also has Pennant, who descants 

 at some length on his extraordinary size and power. 



The Wolf-hound here figured is a dog belonging to 



* See also Holinshed,"Desorip.Irel." 1586; and Camden, "Britannia," 

 vol. ii. p. 1 3 12 (ed. Gibson). 



