THE PROPERTIES OF A GOOD GREYHOUNDE.
A greyhoiuule should be heeded lyke a snake, And neckyd like a drake, Footed lyke a catte, Tayllyd lyke a ratte, Syded lyke a teme, And chyryd lyke a beme. The fyrst yere he must lcrno to fede, The second yere to feld him lede ; The thyrd year he is felowe lyke ; The fourth yere there is none syke ; The fyfth yere he is good enough ; The syxtc year he shall hold the plough ; The seventh yere he woll avaylle Gi-ete bytches for to assayle ; The eygthe yere like ladyll ; The nynth yere cartsadyll, And when ho is comyn to that yere Ilavc him to the tannerc, For the best hounde that ever bytche had At nynthe yero he is full badrtc. —From " Tho Book of the Dog."
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Otago Witness, Issue 2004, 21 July 1892, Page 29
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134THE PROPERTIES OF A GOOD GREYHOUNDE. Otago Witness, Issue 2004, 21 July 1892, Page 29
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