274 Modern Dogs. 



herself never intended them to be on any dog. We 

 must not forget that the original Dandie Dinmont 

 was a smaller dog than the modern one ; perhaps 

 in an endeavour to obtain greater bone, larger 

 heads, and stronger jaws, a cross with big terriers 

 was introduced, and as heavier bodies were procured 

 the legs gave way, which deformity, at first but 

 tolerated, eventually became hereditary. 



Terriers and hounds were, a century or two ago, 

 kept in considerable numbers in the north of England, 

 and in Scotland, by the farmers and others, who 

 required them to kill the foxes which at certain 

 seasons of the year were extremely destructive to 

 the hill flocks. Some of the farmers would keep a 

 hound or two, another a few terriers, and so on, such 

 animals being great favourites, and forming part and 

 parcel of the family household. There is a story 

 told of one old Cumbrian, who, owing to the bad 

 times, had to leave his farm, and ultimately 

 he came to a state of extreme poverty. Friends 

 who had known him when in better circumstances 

 relieved him occasionally, but going from bad to 

 worse he was compelled to seek relief from the 

 parish. An officer called to see the poor old chap, 

 whom he found sitting in a broken-down chair with 

 an aged and grizzled foxhound at his feet. The 

 official told him that he could not receive any 



