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than any of the others, and probably therefore not so fast, though 

 from the quantity of hair covering the body it may be more 

 greyhound-like when stripped than at first sight appears to be 

 the case. It is rarely found in the present day in a state of 

 purity, and I believe no specimen has been imported into 

 England for the last forty years. Its height is about that of the 

 English greyhound, and in shape it closely resembles the collie, 

 except in the ears, which are pricked like that of the spitz or 

 Pomeranian dog ; the character of head is also as 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 America 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 re- 

 jected 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. 



VII.— THE ALBANIAN GREYHOUND. 



A very large and magnificent animal of the greyhound or deer- 

 ' hound type is met with in Albania, coarser in shape and in the 

 hair of his tail than the Grecian greyhound, but with a finer coat 

 on the body. He is specially used as a guard against wolves, 

 but also for hunting them. The varieties are too great to allow 

 of any very definite description of this dog. 



VIIL— THE. GRECIAN GREYHOUND. 



This dog is probably as old as any breed in existence, and no 

 doubt closely resembles the greyhound of Xenophon. In the 



