8 Modern Dogs. 



earth, or kill him therein, was found the most 

 useful for the purpose. So long as he could do 

 this, appearance and colour were not much taken 

 into consideration. 



About 1760, Daniel, in his " Field Sports," goes 

 a little out of the beaten track in writing on the 

 terriers of his day, and his description must be 

 taken as a correct one, made from the animals 

 themselves, of which it has been said that the author 

 kept a considerable number. " There are two sorts 

 of terriers, " said he, " the one rough, short-legged, 

 long-backed, very strong, and most commonly of a 

 black or yellowish colour, mixed with white ; the 

 other is smooth - haired and beautifully formed, 

 having a shorter body and more sprightly appear- 

 ance, is generally of a reddish-brown colour, or 

 black with tanned legs. Both these sorts are the 

 determined foe of all the vermin kind, and in their 

 encounters with the badger very frequently meet 

 with severe treatment, which they sustain with great 

 courage, and a thoroughbred, well-trained terrier, 

 often proves more than a match for his opponent." 



Perhaps, as a matter of completeness, before 

 dealing, as it were, collectively with the authorities, 

 and the various sporting publications which saw 

 the light during the first fifteen years of the 

 present century, attention may specially be given 



