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 254 GREYTOWN breeds of the race exist, and whence they were carried by or followed man in his migrations into Egypt and Europe. The general colors are black, white, and slaty; the northern breeds have long and shaggy hair, while the southern are smooth or silky, from the effects of climate or from an original difference. The largest and fiercest greyhounds have long hair, like those of the Deccan and Persia, the for- mer of which is of a yellowish tan color, and the latter slaty or white, the hair of both being rather soft ; the Arabian greyhound, variously crossed, is large and strong. The Russian and Tartar breeds are large, rough, usually white, black clouded, with long hairy tails; the Scotch greyhound is of the same breed, but, from a probable cross with a staghound, has an excellent nose and considerable sagacity, with great speed and endurance; the Irish greyhound, the largest dog of western Europe, and more than a match for a wolf, is consid- ered of the same breed with the last, crossed in various localities with the great Danish dog, the staghound, and the bloodhound ; the Gre- cian greyhound, still extant, and used in deer English Greyhound. hunting, has a rather short and soft fur, slaty and white. Among the smooth-haired breeds are the Turkish, ashy, white, or brindled, with long hairy ears and very pointed nose; the Italian, small, elegant, very delicate, swift, and chiefly regarded as a lady's pet (there is a lar- ger variety resembling this in the Barbary states) ; and the English greyhound, unrivalled in speed, beauty, and docility, used in the chase of the hare ; the last is the most common in western Europe and in the United States. The lurcher (C. tertagus) was originally a grey- hound, but, from mixture with other breeds and from want of care, has degenerated. GREYTOWN. See SAN JUAN DE NICARAGUA. GRIBEAUYAL, Jean Baptist* Vaqnette de, a French artillerist, born in Amiens, Sept. 15, 1T1.", died in Paris, May 9, 1789. In 1732 he i-ntrivd the royal regiment of artillery as a volunteer, in 1752 was sent by the government to study the Prussian system of artillery, and jn 1757 was made lieutenant colonel. He now nt. !.-. 1 thfsiTvireof Maria Theresa of Austria, and served during the seven years' war with GRIFFIN the rank of general, distinguishing himself es- pecially in the defence of Schweidnitz. Re- turning to France, he was appointed in 1765 inspector of artillery, and in 1776 inspector general, and devoted the remainder of his life to the improvement of that branch of the ser- vice. (See ARTILLERY.) His principal work is Reglement concernant lesfontes et constructions de Vartillerie de France (3 vols. fol., in 4 parts, with 125 plates, Paris, 1792). Only 125 copies for the use of the government were printed. GRIDLEY. I. Jeremy, an American lawyer, born in Boston, Mass., March 10, 1702, died in Brookline, Sept. 10, 1767. He was educated at Harvard college, and was for a year editor of the " Weekly Rehearsal," a newspaper es- tablished in Boston in 1731. He soon acquired great reputation as a lawyer, and was appointed attorney general for the province of Massachu- setts Bay. In 1761, while holding this office, he defended the writs of assistance which the Boston custom-house officers had applied for to enable them to enter at discretion the dwell- ings of suspected individuals. He was eminent for his classical attainments. II. Richard, an American soldier, brother of the preceding, born in Boston, Jan. 3, 1711, died in Stoughton, June 20, 1796. In 1745 he served as engineer at the siege of Louisburg, in 1755 was made chief engineer and colonel of infantry, and in the following year took part in the expedition to Crown Point under Winslow, and constructed the fortifications on Lake George. In 1758 he served under Amherst, and subsequently under Wolfe on the plains of Abraham. At the con- clusion of the war he received Magdalen island and half pay as the reward of his services. On the outbreak of the revolutionary war he was appointed chief engineer, and constructed the fortifications on Breed's hill the night before the battle of June 17, 1775, in which he was wounded. He was commissioned major gene- ral in September, and commander of the con- tinental artillery, but was superseded by Knox in November. GRIESBACH, Johann Jakob, a German Biblical critic, born at Butzbach, Hesse-Darmstadt, Jan. 4, 1745, died in Jena, March 24, 1812. He was educated at Tubingen, Halle, and Leipsic, and devoted himself to the critical study of the original text of the New Testament. In 1773 he wasmade extraordinary professor of theology at Halle, and subsequently was elected a pro- fessor of divinity at the university of Jena, of which institution he became rector in 1780. The first edition of his Greek Testament was published at Halle in 1775-'7 ; the second was completed in 1806. Strictly speaking, this was the first critical edition of the New testament. It was reprinted in London in 1809 and in 1818. An American edition was published in 1808. GRIFFIN, a fabulous monster, half bird, half beast, that dwelt in the Rhipaean mountains, and guarded the gold of the Hyperborean re- gions from the one-eyed Arimaspians. Griffins were also supposed to watch over the treasures