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His chaps in rain, j'et blows upon the flix ; 
She seeks the slielter Avhich the covert gives, 
And, gaining it, she doubts if yet she lives." 
The English, Scotch, and Irish greyhounds were all of Celtic derivation, and th-eir cultivation 
and character corresponded with the civilization of the different Celtic tribes. The dogs that were 
exported from Britain to Rome were probably of this Idnd. Mr. Blaine gives an account of the 
progress of these dogs, which seems evidently to be founded in truth : "Scotland, a northern 
locality, bas long^ been celebrated for its greyhounds, which are known to be large and wiry- 
coated. They are probably types of the early Celtic greyhounds, which, yielding to the influ- 
ences of a colder climate than that they came from, became coated with a thick and wiry 
hair. In Ireland, as being milder in its climate, the frame expanded in bulk, and the coat, 
although very similar was yet less crisped and wiry. In both localities, there being at that 
time boars, wolves, and even bears, powei'ful dogs were required. In England these wild beasts 
were more early exterminated, and consequently the same kind of dog was not retained, but, on 
the contrary, Avas by culture made finer in coat, and of greater beauty in form." 
FIDELITT. 
The greyhound appears to have been a favorite with the English gentry of the middle ages, 
and this animal is frequently sculptured at the feet of his master on the old tombs. A late 
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