Modern Dogs. 



with theyr teeth, beyng in the bosome of the earth, 

 or else hayle and pull them perforce out of theyr 

 lurking angles, darke dongeons, and close caues ; 

 or at the least through cocened feare drive them 

 out of theire hollow harbours, in so much that 

 they are compelled to prepare speedie flyte, and, 

 being desirous of the next (albeit not the safest) 

 refuge, are otherwise taken and intrapped with 

 snayres and nettes layde over holes to the same 

 purpose. But these be the least in that kynde 

 called Sagax." Here, though quaintly written, 

 is a description of the use a fox terrier ought to 

 be put to at the present day, although setting nets 

 before a fox earth would scarcely be called legiti- 

 mate sport in the nineteenth century. Still, if a 

 net is not used for foxes, its equivalent a sack 

 is often enough, even now, found useful when the 

 " badger or graye " be sought. 



What Gervase Markham wrote about terriers 

 early in 1600 is not of much account, for, however 

 learned that great man might be, he was after all a 

 mere bookmaker, as the numerous works he wrote 

 plainly testify. Not satisfied with giving us elegant 

 disquisitions on hunting, archery, and other sports, 

 he wrote and filled volume after volume on military 

 tactics, housewifery, heraldry, &c., and wound up 

 by composing poems, and posing as a dramatist. 



