vi Preface. 



previous occasions. Included are groups of terriers 

 of a variety, or varieties, which are at present not 

 recognised as quite distinct, though possibly they 

 may be so in the near future. The one group 

 represents the " Border Terrier" a dog used in 

 Northumberland and on the Borders in conjunction 

 with hounds, and for other purposes. The other 

 group includes an extraordinary type of short -legged 

 wire-haired Fox Terrier, which Mr. W. H. B. Cowley 

 is taking pains to perpetuate in Hertfordshire ; a 

 specimen of the Sealy Ham Terrier, of which some- 

 thing has already been written ; and of an old- 

 fashioned terrier once common in many parts of 

 England. 



In describing the Terriers in all their varieties, I 

 have endeavoured to give particulars as to their 

 working qualifications and their general character, 

 as well as their so-called " show points ; " and my 

 desire to prevent a useful race of dog from 

 degenerating into a ladies' pet and a pampered 

 creature, only able to earn his owner gold on the 

 show bench, is my reason for treating so fully of 

 him as he is concerned in that sphere which Nature 

 intended him to occupy. 



