Anecdotes of Dogs

by Edward Jesse

THE IRISH AND HIGHLAND WOLF-DOG.

History of the Irish wolf-dog, [86] et seq. passim—supposed recognition of a wolf-dog of the Irish blood royal, [86]—lines on the Irish wolf-dog, [88]—anecdotes from Plutarch, [89]—the dog of Montargis, [90]—the dog of Aughrim, [93]—wolf-hunting in Tyrone, [94]—sheep-killing wolf-dog, [107]—Buskar and Bran, [112]—incident with Lord Ossulton's hounds, [116]—Bruno and O'Toole, [117]—a deer-hound recovers a glove from a boy, [119]—Sir W. Scott's dog Maida, [120]—a deer-hound detains a suspicious person, [120]—follows a wounded deer for three days, [121]—Comhstri drowns a stag, [122]—Scotch dogs much prized in England, [123]—Llewellyn and Beth Gelert, [124]—Lady Morgan on the Irish wolf-dog, [127].