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showing not a very remote cross with the bull or bull 

 terrier. 



" The wire-hairs were a little larger, as a rule, in 

 size, with coats of a fair length, always of a strong pig's 

 bristle, pin-wire kind of texture, while the colour of 

 all I ever saw was alike or nearly so, being white 

 with patches of a blackish-blue grizzly mixture like 

 Mr. Shirley's celebrated Tip and Mr. D. H. Owen's 

 Saracen. Not unfrequently red or plum-coloured 

 noses appeared amongst the smooth-haired, but to 

 the best of my recollection I never remember 

 seeing one amongst the wire-haired ones. Under- 

 shot ones were always discarded. 



" The greater number of the Squire's dogs were 

 sent out to be reared on walks amongst the trades- 

 men he dealt with and farmers, cottagers, and his 

 keepers, &c. ; my father always keeping two for 

 him one a smooth, the other a wire-haired one. I 

 remember we had a brace for a length of time, one 

 named Tyke, the other Trimmer ; these were with 

 us, excepting when they were invited to the Hall 

 for a few days to perform before an audience of 

 visitors and neighbours, they being of a sporting 

 turn of mind, and never so happy as when among 

 the tykes at work. I seldom reared a bad one, 

 i.e., a coward that would not take his gruel freely, 

 because I used always to keep them well up in 



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