94 Modern Dogs. 



picture by De Wilde, published August 4, 1806, Ipy 

 Laurie and Whittle, 53, Fleet-street, London. 



This is a black and tan dog, somewhat ragged 

 in coat, which, however it may be inclined to be 

 wavy, must in reality be as smooth as many of the 

 ordinary fox terriers of the present day. He has 

 drop ears, a " docked " or shortened tail, and 

 capital legs and feet and nice bone; about i81b. in 

 weight, lacking character somewhat, but bearing in 

 all but colour a resemblance to the present terrier 

 dog. In some of the terriers shown twenty years 

 ago I have often seen dogs very much of the shape 

 and style of this terrier as De Wilde has drawn him. 

 I reproduced the engraving in my volume on the 

 Fox Terrier, already alluded to. 



In Bingley's " Memoirs of British Quadrupeds " 

 (1809) two terriers are beautifully etched by Howitt. 

 In a copy of this excellent work now lying on my 

 library table the plates are coloured. One of the 

 dogs, wire-haired, is a kind of dark blue and tan in 

 hue, with semi-prick ears, and an uncut tail ; the 

 other, with erect ears, is smooth coated and black 

 and tan, both rich in colour, less than 2olb. in weight 

 each, and likely enough from their appearance to 

 kill either fox, rat, or weasel. As a fact, the wire- 

 haired terrier has just given the finishing shakes, 

 which have extinguished the last sparks of life in a 



