DOG. 
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to be kept rather for shew than use, being equally 
unserviceable for hunting either the stag, hare^ or 
fox. Its ancient use was that of clearing the 
country from wolves. In the 3d volume of the 
Transactions of the Linnasan Society we find an 
account of a Dog of this kind^ by A. B. Lam- 
bert, Esq. who informs us that the breed is now 
become nearly extinct in Ireland, those in the 
possession of the Earl of Altamont (eight in num- 
ber) being the only ones in the country. The 
specimen described by Mr. Lambert measured 
sixty one inches from the nose to the tip of the 
tail; but they were formerly of a much larger 
size, and in shape more resembling a Greyhound. 
Dr. Goldsmith assures us that the largest of those 
which he saw (and he adds that he had seen a 
V dozen) was about four feet high, or as tall as a 
calf of a year old. 
Commoji GreyJiound, — (Canis Grajus. LiJi, 
Gmel.) This well-known Dog is remarkable for 
the slenderness of its shape, the length of its 
snout, and the extreme swiftness of its course. 
It was formerly held in high estimation in Eng- 
land, and Mr. Pennant informs us, that by the 
forest laws of King Canute it was enacted, that 
no one under the degree of a gentleman should 
presume to keep a Greyhound. The Greyhound 
wants the faculty of quick scent, and follows his 
prey merely by the eye. 
Italian Greyhound — This is a small and beauti- 
ful variety of the former. 
Naked Dog. — This singular and unpleasing va- 
