120 THE TERRIER. 



ever, occurred in the year 1794. For a wager 

 against time, a Dog, that was very small, was made 

 to run the first mile in two minutes, the second in 

 four, the third in six, the fourth in eight, and the 

 fifth and sixth in eighteen minutes. He afterwards 

 ran the same distance, six miles, in thirty-two 

 minutes*. 



The following is, perhaps, an unparalleled in- 

 stance of ferocity and affection, in a Terrier, 

 towards the same animals. 



During the hunting of a Fox, near Sudbury in 

 Suffolk, by Mr. Daniel's hounds, the Fox ran into 

 a hole in the ground. Two men, with a couple of 

 Terriers, were employed to dig him out, which, 

 after considerable labour, was effected, and the 

 Fox was killed by the Hounds. During the killing, 

 one of the Terriers, a bitch, stole into the same 

 earth; and being observed, the men dug again, 

 and found a female Fox with five cubs, two of 

 which the Terrier had killed in the earth. The 

 other three were saved from her fury, and not 

 long afterwards were put to her to suckle and 

 bring up. The Terrier had one whelp, which 

 was near five weeks old, and the cubs could but 

 just see when this exchange of progeny was made ; 

 yet, singular as it may appear, she suckled and 



* Daniel's Rural Sports, i. p. 368. 



reared 



