Other Terriers. 397 



" The strain of terriers that has been bred by my 

 family, and in Northumberland and the Border, for 

 so long, is now called the Border terrier, from the fact 

 that they are principally used and bred in the 

 country hunted by the Border Foxhounds. This 

 nomenclature is, however, of recent date, as they 

 used formerly to have no particular name, but were 

 well known for their hardness and gameness. Reed- 

 water, North Tyne, Coquet, Liddesdale, and the 

 Scottish borders are the districts where they have 

 been principally bred. My father, when he lived at 

 Kielder, had some rare representatives of the breed, 

 and Mr. Hedley, Bewshaugh, and Mr. Sisterson, 

 Yarrow Moor, near Felstone, have also bred 

 excellent terriers of this strain. My father and 

 the late Mr. Dodd, of Catcleugh, preferred this 

 breed of terriers to all others for bolting foxes, their 

 keenness of nose and gameness making them very 

 suitable for this purpose. 



" They vary in weight, from i5lb. to i81b. is the 

 best size, as when bigger they cannot follow their 

 fox underground so well, and a little terrier which is 

 thoroughly game is always best. Flint, a mustard 

 dog we had here nearly twenty years ago, was small, 

 but the best bolter of foxes I ever saw. He was 

 slow in entering to fox, but when he did begin was 

 so thoroughly game and keen of nose that he very 



