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in his general character. Another, evidently a white 

 dog, is disappearing from sight in an earth, whilst 

 the third appears to be a dark coloured dog, with a 

 broad white collar and white marks on his muzzle ; 

 his ears are likewise erect. All will pass muster as 

 fox terriers, and if a little wide in chest for modern 

 fancy or prevailing fashion, they are strong-jawed 

 and appear eager for the fray. 



The writer in the " Sportsman's Cabinet" (two 

 handsome volumes, originally published at seven 

 guineas), after alluding to the different strains of 

 terriers, says : " The genuine and lesser breed of 

 terrier is still preserved uncontaminate amongst 

 the superior order of sportsmen, and constantly 

 employed in a business in which his name, his size, 

 his fortitude, persevering strength, and invincible 

 ardour all become so characteristically and truly 

 subservient, that he may justly be said ' to labour 

 cheerfully in his vocation ; ' this is in his emulous 

 and exulting attendance upon the foxhounds, where, 

 like the most dignified and exulting personage in a 

 public procession, though last, he is not the least 

 in consequence." 



The same writer goes on to say, that the white 

 pied bitch is the dam of a wonderful progeny, most 

 of which have been sold at high prices, " seven 

 recently for one and twenty guineas, and these 



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