DOG. 
y. Shock. Le chien de make ou Bichon tab. xl. 
fig* i. & Le chien Lion fig . 2. Catulus melitseus 
canis getulus, feu Iflandicus. Rail fyn. quad. 177. 
Lin. fyfi. 57. 
IV. Dogs with fhort pendent ears : long legs and 
bodies : of which kind is the 
Irish Gre-Hound. A variety once very frequent 
in Ireland, and ufed in the chace of the wolf: 
now very fcarce : a dog of great fize and fhrength. 
Le Matin-f. de Buffon. tab. xxv. Canis grains Hi- 
bernicus. Rail fyn. quad. 176. 
( 3 . Common Gre-Hound. Le Levrier de Buffon ' 
xxvii. Canis venaticus graius. Rail fyn. quad. 176. 
Canis graius Lin. fyfi. $7. its varieties are, 1. Ita¬ 
lian Gre-Hound, fmall, and fmooth : 2. Orien¬ 
tal, tall, flender, with very pendulous ears, and 
very long hairs on the tail, hanging down a great 
length. 
y. Danish Dog. Le grand Danois de Buffon xxvk 
of a ftronger make than a gre-hound : the largeft 
of dogs : perhaps of this kind were the dogs of 
Epirus , mentioned by Arifiotle, lib. iii. c. 215 
or thofe of Albania, fo beautifully defcribed by 
Pliny. Lib. viii. c. 40. 
A Mastiff. 
large: th 
Very ftrong and thick made : the head 
lips great, and hanging down on each 
f Not the maftiff, as commonly tranflated. 
