1 6 Modern Dogs. 



terrier was " Stonehenge," who, in 1855, published 

 his " British Rural Sports." In the early edition 

 of that valuable work, he mentions bull-terriers, 

 smooth English terriers, both white and black and 

 tan ; a Skye terrier, a Dandie Dinmont, a rough- 

 haired terrier, and a toy terrier, and at the same 

 time conveys the impression that there are other 

 varieties, as there no doubt were, of less general 

 interest and importance. How the varieties have 

 increased, or at any rate how they have been 

 defined and distinguished, since that time is in 

 evidence wherever we turn, and, forming an opinion 

 from what has taken place during the past ten 

 years, there may be more so-called varieties of the 

 terrier yet to come. 



Since "Stonehenge's " " Dogs of the British Isles" 

 was first published in 1867, which included the 

 same varieties he had given eight years earlier in 

 his " Rural Sports," great strides have been made 

 in the improvement and classification of our 

 terriers, and the volumes of the Stud Book of the 

 Kennel Club contain varieties which, by careful 

 selection, no doubt originally came from one stock, 

 with the additions of various crosses. Our newest 

 strains have become popularised, and as it were 

 individualised, including the Welsh terrier, the 

 Airedale terrier, the Clydesdale or Paisley terrier, 



