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kind have been in request of late years. The 

 ears are short, some erect, others pendulous ; these 

 and part of the tail are usually cut of! ; some rough 

 and some smooth-haired. Many sportsmen prefer 

 the wire-haired, supposing them to be the harder 

 biters, but this is not always the case. . . . , 

 The terrier is querulous, fretful, and irascible, high 

 spirited and alert when brought into action ; if he 

 has not unsubdued perseverance like the bulldog, 

 he has rapidity of attack, managed with art and 

 sustained with spirit ; it is not what he will bear, 

 but what he will inflict. His action protects him- 

 self, and his bite carries death to his opponents ; 

 he dashes into the hole of the fox, drives him from 

 his recesses, or tears him to pieces in his strong- 

 hold ; and he forces the reluctant, stubborn badger 

 into light. As his courage is great, so is his 

 genius extensive ; he will trace with the foxhounds, 

 hunt with the beagle, find for the greyhound, or 

 beat with the spaniel. Of wild cats, martens, pole- 

 cats, weasels, and rats, he is the vigilant and 

 determined enemy ; he drives the otter from the 

 rocky clefts on the banks of the rivers, nor declines 

 the combat in a new element." 



As he was known then and a couple of centuries 

 earlier, the reader must not expect to find shapely, 

 handsomely marked animals like the varieties of 



