1 06 British Dogs. 



Llewellyn's Countess and Nellie, by Dash II. out of Moll III., and so going 

 back to Ponto and Old Moll. Sam was a dog showing great quality, and 

 with a good frame, free from the extreme delicacy of appearance which 

 not a few modern setters have ; and I am of opinion size and stoutness 

 are sometimes a little too much sacrificed to elegance. 



Mr. Purcell Llewellyn now claims to have produced a distinct strain of 

 his own ; he has been unquestionably a large and successful breeder of 

 both good and handsome dogs, and his breed is now well known in the 

 United States of America, to which a great number of them have been 

 shipped as the " Llewellyn setter." The strain is founded on Laverack 

 blood, and has on more than one occasion given rise to discussions 

 which it would be unprofitable for us to enter upon here. 



We find absolute purity of Laverack blood in Mr. T. B. Bower's 

 Bandit, Mr. George Lowe's Tarn O'Shanter, in Mr. A. P. Heywood- 

 Lonsdale's kennels, and a few others, but good and handsome setters 

 only part Laverack are plentiful enough. 



The general appearance of a well bred setter is very pleasing to the 

 eye ; he is so nicely put together as to present a well balanced whole, 

 showing capabilities of speed and endurance, and his expression shows a 

 high order of intelligence, combined with a diffidence and solicitude to 

 please, which courts attention and praise. He is in form rather long and 

 low, as compared with the pointer, but not so much so as either the 

 Clumber or the modern field spaniel, and is altogether of artistic shape ; 

 the elegance of form in which he excels most breeds being heightened by 

 the richness of his soft, wavy, silky coat, and profuse though not over- 

 abundant feathering. 



The head should be rather lean and long, not so thick as the pointer' s, 

 being narrower between the ears, with plenty of brain room before them ; 

 the jaws should be long and level, the teeth meeting evenly, and these 

 should be strong and white always an evidence of sound health which 

 should not be overlooked either in judging or in examining with a view 

 to purchase ; little dip below the eyes ; the nose wide, slightly 

 raised, and rather spreading any pinched appearance there gives a 

 terrier look ; the colour of the nose black, or dark liver for preference, 

 but it often varies with the colour of the dog, and in orange and lemon 

 marked is often flesh coloured ; the lips should be clean cut that is, 

 without flew, except a slight looseness or pouchiness at the angles. 



