3 i4 HISTORY OF QUADRUPEDS. 



The LURCHER 



Is lefs and {hotter than the Greyhound, and its limbs 

 Itronger : Its body is covered with a rough coat of hair, 

 moPi commonly of a pale-yellow colour ; its afpecl is fal- 

 len ; and its habits, from whence it derives its name, are 

 dark and cunning. 



As this Dog pofleiTes the advantage of a fine fcent, it 

 Is often employed in killing Hares and Rabbits in the 

 night-time. When taken to the warren, it fteals out 

 with the utmoft precaution, watches and fcents the Rab- 

 bits while they are feeding, and darts upon them without 

 barking or making the leaf! noife. One of them will 

 Singly make incredible havock in a fhort time ; and is fo 

 trained, as to bring its booty to its mailer, who waits in 

 fome convenient place to receive it*.—- -They are fo de- 

 ftraclive, and have been fo often employed in illicit prac- 



* We have feen a Dog and Bitch of this kind in the pofTeffion 

 of a man, who had formerly ufed them tor the purpofe above de- 

 fcribed. He declared, that he could at that time procure in m 

 evening as many Rabbits with them as he could carry home. 



