The dogs of Great Britain, The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries dogsofgreatbrita01wals Year: 1919 48 DOMESTICATED HUNTINODOGS. THE IRISH GREYHOUND, OR WOLF-DOG. This fine animal is now, I believe, extinct, though there are still some gentlemen who maintain that they possess the breed in all Its pristine purity of blood. They are much larger than the deer- hound, some of them being 35 or even 38 inches high, but resem- bling that dog in shape, being generally of a fawn color, with a rough coat and pendent ears. They were formerly used for the purpose of hunting the wolf. TH
The dogs of Great Britain, The dogs of Great Britain, America, and other countries dogsofgreatbrita01wals Year: 1919 48 DOMESTICATED HUNTINODOGS. THE IRISH GREYHOUND, OR WOLF-DOG. This fine animal is now, I believe, extinct, though there are still some gentlemen who maintain that they possess the breed in all Its pristine purity of blood. They are much larger than the deer- hound, some of them being 35 or even 38 inches high, but resem- bling that dog in shape, being generally of a fawn color, with a rough coat and pendent ears. They were formerly used for the purpose of hunting the wolf. THE MATIN. The French matin is not a very distinct dog, comprehending an immense variety of animals, which in England would be called lurchers, or sheep dogs, according to the uses to which they are put. The head has the elongated form of this division of the dog, with a flat forehead; the ears stand up, but are pendulous towards the tip, and the color varies from red to fawn. He is about 24 inches high, has strong muscular action, and is very courageous, being employed in hunting the wild boar and wolf. This dog is said, by F. Cuvier, to be the progenitor of the greyhound and deerhound; but Pennant, on the contrary, considers him to be de- scended from the Irish wolf-dog.
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