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been convinced to the contrary, that it would take several crosses 

 to get rid of the heavy form of the bull- dog when united with 

 the light and graceful shape of the greyhound. But on actually 

 trying the experiment it will readily be seen that in the third 

 generation very little trace remains of the bull-dog, while in the 

 fourth there is none whatever apparent in external form. My 

 friend the late Mr. Hanley, of the ist Life Guards, was the last 

 who tried the experiment, and having kept a daguerreotype of 

 every individual used in it, which he kindly placed at my 

 service, I have been enabled to present to my readers .perfectly 

 trustworthy proofs of the correctness of this assertion. The bull- 

 dog " Chicken " used was a very high-bred animal, and of him 

 also Mr. Hanley has preserved a daguerreotype, but as his 

 blood is very similar to that of Mr. Stockdale's " Top " (see page 

 198), I have not thought it necessary to engrave him. The Bitch 

 " My," put to " Chicken," was also highly bred ; but the most 

 satisfactory proceeding will be to insert the whole pedigree at 

 length, as shown on next page. 



That the illustrative engravings are literal copies of the above- 

 mentioned daguerreotypes is a fact which should be plainly 

 stated ; in the first place, because, without a knowledge of it, the 

 strangely uncouth forms of the first two would hardly be accepted ; 

 and in the second, to account for the attitudes in which the whole 

 four are represented. 



From " Chicken " and " Fly " came the following thick and 

 clumsy-looking animal, which was named " Half-and-Half," being 

 the first cross. 



The next step was to' put this " Half-and-Half" to a well-bred 

 dog belonging to Mr. Hanley, called " Blunder," whose descent is 

 shown in the extended 'pedigree. From these came the second 

 cross, " Hecate," a white bitch still presenting some slight charac- 



