GROUP III. 



Dogs that find their Game by scent, and index 

 it for the advantage of the Gun. 



Including : 



1. The English Setter. 



2. The Irish Setter. 



j. The Gordon or Black 

 and Tan Setter. 



4. The Spanish Pointer. 



5. The Pointer. 



6. The Dropper. 



This group corresponds sufficiently closely with 

 Group II. in head formation to come also into the 

 second division in the arrangement of M. Cuvier. 

 Speaking broadly and generally, the head and muzzle 

 of the modern varieties included in this group are 

 slightly more elongated than the dogs embraced in 

 Group II., with the exception of the bloodhounds. 

 Setters are undoubtedly more closely allied to spaniels 

 than to pointers, and naturalists would group the two 

 former together and the pointers with the hounds, but 

 the system of classification which for convenience I 

 have adopted leaves no option but to place setters and 

 pointers together, as the work they do and the manner 

 of doing it are in strong accord. 



CHAPTER XVII. THE ENGLISH SETTER. 



BY CORSINCON. 



DIFFICULT as it admittedly is to trace the history of any of our modern 

 breeds of dogs, although, in most instances, their manufacture, if I may 

 use the term, into their present form is of comparatively recent date 



