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will encounter the otter, fox, or badger with the 

 greatest determination. Hitherto they have been 

 regarded as a pure, though distinct, breed of terrier, 

 and it was with some surprise that I found one of 

 your correspondents write them down a ' cross- 

 breed.' 



" The ' linty-haired/ ( flaxen-coloured ' terrier is 

 common enough, but then he was never promoted 

 to the dignity of a ' Bedlington terrier,' except 

 through courtesy. The breeding in and in alluded 

 to is condemned as injurious beyond one strain. 



" The following pedigree of Ainsley's Piper may 

 be desirable as proving the facts contained in this 

 letter : Ainsley's Piper by James Anderson's Piper, 

 of Rothbury Forest, out of Ainsley's Phcebe, alias 

 Coates's Phoebe ; Anderson's Piper, by Ainsley's 

 Peachem out of Christopher Dixon's Phcebe, of 

 Longhorsley ; Peachem, by Cowen's Burdett out of 

 David Moffitt's bitch, of Howick ; Dixon's Phcebe, 

 by Sheawick's Matchem, of Longhorsley, out of 

 John Dodd's Phcebe, of the same place ; Matchem, 

 by Mr. Edwd. Donkins's Pincher, of Flotterton, out 

 of William Wardle's bitch, of Framlington ; Dodd's 

 Phoebe, by Donkin's Old Peachem out of Andrew 

 Evans's Vixen, of Thropton ; Vixen, by the Miller's 

 dog, of Felton, out of Carr's bitch, of Felton Hall. 

 Ainsley's Old Phoebe was by the Rennington dog out 



