■THE WOLF. 189 



Capt. G. H. Graham, of Rednock, Dursley, Glouces- 

 tershire, and bred from the only authentic strain 

 of Irish Wolf-hound now known. His dimensions 

 are as follows : — Height, 29^ in. ; girth, 33 J in. ; 

 length of head, 1 2 in. ; girth of do. in front of ears, 

 i8| in. ;. forearm, 8| in. Weight, 102 lbs. 



In a Privy Seal from Henry VIII. to the Lord- 

 Deputy and Council of Ireland,*' his Majesty takes, 

 notice of the suit • of the Duke of Albuquerque, of 

 Spain (of the Privy Council to Henry VIII.), on 

 behalf of the Marquis Desarrya and his son, " that 

 it might please his Majesty to grant to the said 

 Marquis and his son, and the longer liver of them, 

 yearly, out of Ireland, two goshawks, and four Wolf- 

 hounds," and commands the Deputy for the time 

 being to order the delivery of the hawks and hounds, 

 and to charge the cost to the Treasury. 



In November, 1562, as we learn from the State 

 Papers relating to Ireland,t the Irish chieftain, Shane 

 O'Neill, forwarded to Queen Elizabeth, through 

 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, a present of two- 

 horses, two hawks, and two Irish Wolf-dogs. In 

 1585, Sir John Perrott, who was Lord-Deputy of 

 Ireland from January, 1584, to July, 1588,^ sent to 

 Sir Francis Walsingham, then Secretary of State in 

 London, " a brace of good Wolf-dogs, one black, the 

 other white." 



Again, in 1 608, we find that Irish Wolf-hounds, 

 were sent from Ireland by Captain Esmond, of 



* !Rot. Cane. Dec. 9, 36 H. 8, dorso. 

 f Eliz., vol. vii. No. 4a, in Pub. Eec. Off. J Eliz., vol. cxx. No. 12. 



