Modern Dogs. 



a beagle " was Blome, who, following the example 

 of Cox, some years after the latter's publication 

 viz., in 1686 rendered himself famous by the 

 appearance of his " The Gentleman's Recreation. " 

 Whether a man who would suggest the production 

 of suitable terriers by the above cross was the 

 proper person to deal with sport and dogs from a 

 practical point of view is surely to be doubted. 

 He bore but a sorry character in his lifetime, for 

 it was said he " was esteemed as a most impudent 

 person ; . . .he gets a livelihood by bold 

 practices . . . originally a ruler of books and 

 paper, who had since practised for divers years 

 progging tricks, in employing necessitious persons 

 to write in several arts." 



Blome's description may, however, be interesting 

 to the curious, so here it is. " The terrier is a very 

 small dog, used for hunting the fox and the badger, 

 his business being to go into the earths and bay 

 them that is, to keep them in an angle (a fox's 

 earth having divers) whilst they are dug out, for by 

 their baying or barking is known whereabouts the 

 fox is, that he may be the better dug out. And 

 for this use the terrier is very serviceable, being of an 

 admirable scent to find out. A couple of terriers are 

 commonly used, in order that a fresh one may be put 

 in to relieve that which first went under ground." 



