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terrier, with a rough coat, was more common in 

 almost every county in England than the white or 

 patched fox terrier was at the same time. And 

 fawn or red dogs, and others pepper and salt of the 

 same strain, were great favourites with the people. 

 Colour was of little consideration so long as the dog 

 could do the work his master intended him for. 



Crab was the name of another little terrier, a 

 great celebrity with one of the best north country 

 packs of otter hounds. I fancy he was of the same 

 strain that Tom Andrews, the Cleveland huntsman, 

 formerly possessed, but Tom has been dead for 

 twenty years, and it is doubtful to what extent 

 his strain now survives. Certainly it does not do so 

 in sufficient numbers to reintroduce the genuine 

 article to the great British public. Of course, a 

 spurious imitation could be manufactured easily 

 enough, but in this there would be that something 

 missing character it is called which in humanity 

 marks the man of noble blood a distinct being from 

 the one of plebeian origin. 



A good stamp of terrier is depicted in that fine 

 old engraving, " Safer Within than Without/' where 

 the terriers watch the rat inclosed in the wire 

 trap; and " Distinguished Burrow Members," sitting 

 near sundry rabbit holes, a group a good deal 

 quieter in the pursuit of their duties than many 



