"The greyhound! the great hound! the graceful of limb!
Rough fellow! tall fellow swift fellow, and slim !
Let them sound through the earth, let them sail o'er the sea,
They will light on none other more ancient than thee!"

OLD MS.

THEIR ORIGIN AND VARIETIES,

DIRECTIONS AS TO THEIR

GENERAL MANAGEMENT,

AND SIMPLE INSTRUCTIONS AS TO THEIR

TREATMENT UNDER DISEASE.

BY

H. D. RICHARDSON,

AUTHOR OF "THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE IRISH FOSSIL DEER,"
"DOMESTIC FOWL," ETC. ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS ON WOOD, DRAWN AND ENGRAVED BY W. OLDHAM.

DUBLIN:

JAMES M'GLASHAN, 21, D'OLIER-STREET.
W. S. ORR AND CO., PATERNOSTER-ROW, LONDON.

FRASER AND CO. EDINBURGH.

MDCCCXLVII.

Dublin Printed by EDWARD BULL, 6, Bachelor's-walk.

ΤΟ

A. W. BAKER, ESQ., JUNIOR,

OF BALLYTOBIN, CO. KILKENNY.

MY DEAR SIR,

Permit me to inscribe to you the following pages, with the hope that you will not deem them altogether unworthy of your acceptance. I know that you are, like myself, a warm friend and admirer of the noble animal whose history and habits they are designed to illustrate; and trust that you will receive, in the spirit in which it is tendered, this, the only tribute in my power to offer, in return for the very kind and valuable assistance you extended to me in the preparation of the work.

Believe me, my dear Sir,

Your grateful Friend,

H. D. RICHARDSON.