516 MODERN FARRIER. 



domestic cat be sees. In addition to this instinctive 

 inveteracy, terriers naturally endeavour to find and 

 pursue game vvith the same alacrity as those dogs 

 w^hich are more immediately appropriated to the 

 sports of tire field. No fox-hunting establishment 

 is ever considered complete without a brace of well- 

 bred terriers in the field : and one is generally larger 

 and stronger than the other ; for this evident reason, 

 that in a small earth, where the former cannot enter, 

 the other may. From the moment of throwing into 

 cover Avith the hounds, tlie emulation of these little 

 animals is so great, that they are indefatigable in 

 their exertions to be up with, and near to, the busi- 

 est of the pack, during their endeavours to find; 

 and when once the game is on foot, and the hounds 

 are at their utmost speed, the terriers are seldom far 

 behind, and the first short check is sure to bring 

 them in. AVhen the fox is supposed to have run to 

 earth, then the terrier becomes useful, by attacking 

 him under ground with the utmost eagerness, and 

 by the baying of one at tlie other, the ear is soon 

 informed whether the fox lies deep, or near the sur- 

 face, and those who are employed to dig him out are 

 enabled to act accordingly. 



In the selection of terriers, the masters of fox- 

 hounds are particularly nice : size is not so dispen- 

 sible as strength, but courage must be equal to both. 

 The black, and black tanned, or rough wire-haired 

 pied, are preferred ; as those inclining to a reddish 

 colour are sometimes, in the clamour of the chase, 

 or by young sportsmen, mistaken for, and hallooed 

 off, as a fox. 



The terrier is not only in high request by the 

 superior classes, on account of his extensive utility, 

 but he is equally esteemed by the lower order, and 

 frequently employed in the vulgar and cruel amuse- 

 ments of badger-hunting and badger-baiting. 



