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Bath; and he took along with him, in his chaise, a 

 favourite Spaniel bitch, which never quitted him 

 till he arrived there. After remaining four days, 

 he left the Spaniel at Bath, and returned, with 

 equal expedition, to his house at Springfield in 

 Essex. On the third day after his return, the bitch 

 was found at Springfield, though the distance be- 

 twixt that place and Bath is 140 miles. She had to 

 pass through London, where she had never l^een 

 before her former passage through it, and then she 

 was shut up in the carriage*. 



THE SETTER f. 



Index. English Spaniel. Old English Setter. 



THE Setter is a Dog very nearly allied to the 

 Spaniel ; and is, to this day, frequently distin- 

 guished by the name of English Spaniel. 



In the field, these Dogs are often used in place of 

 Pointers; and in countries that have plenty of 



* Daniel's Rural Sports, i. p. 17. 



f Canis familiaris index. 

 See the Synopsis, p. 17, No. 9, VAR. 4. 



H 2 water, 



