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IJATURAL HISTORY. 
which is beftowed upon us for our accommo- 
dation. 
^he G R E Y - H O U N D. 
H I S is the fwifteft of all dogs, and 
A purfues a hare by the fight, not by fmell. 
Mature, having denied it an acute feent, has 
recompenfed it with extraordinary fpeed. 
Such is his ftaunchnefs for hunting, that, 
while he keeps the game in view, he will 
continue running until he expires, or takes 
his prey. The head and legs are long, and 
the body fo exceedingly flendcr, that no- 
thing can 'be more adapted for fleetnefs. Tlie 
grey-hound was formerly efteemed among 
the firfl; rank of dogs; which appears by the 
foreft laws of king Canute, wherein it is 
enacted, that no perfon, under the degree of 
a gentleman, fliould prefume to keep a grey- 
hound. 
The various kinds of this animal are, tht 
Spanifh grey-hound, which is fleekand fmalil 
and the oriental grey-hound, which is tall and 
•(lender, has very pendulous eai's, and long 
hair on the tail. 
