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intelligence and hostility to vermin of all forms and 

 names. They will encounter the otter, fox, or badger, 

 with the greatest determination. 



OTHER BREEDS. 



The linty haired, flaxen coloured terrier is common 

 enough, but then he was never promoted, by good judges, 

 to the dignity of a "Bedlington Terrier/' except through 

 courtesy. The breeding in and in alluded to is con- 

 demned as injurious beyond one strain. 



PEDIGREE OF THE TRUE BEDLINQTONS. 



The pedigree of Ainsley's Piper may be desirable as 

 proving the facts contained in the above statements. 

 Ainsley's Piper, by James Anderson's Piper, of Eothbury 

 Forest, out of Ainsley's Phoebe, alias Coates's Phcebe ; 

 Anderson's Piper, by Ainsley's Peacham, out of Chris- 

 topher Dixon's Phcebe, of Longhorsley ; Peacham, by 

 Co wen's Burdett, out of David Moffatt's bitch, of 

 Ho wick ; Dixon's Phcebe, by Shea wick's Matchem, of 

 Longhorsley, out of John Dodd's Phcebe, of the same 

 place; Matchem, by Edward Donkin's Pincher, of 

 Flotterton, out of William Wardle's bitch, of Longfram- 

 lington ; Dodd's Phcebe, by Donkin's Old Peachem, out 

 of Andrew Evan's Vixen, of Thropton ; Vixen, by the 

 miller's dog of Felton, out of Carr's bitch, of Felton Hall; 

 Ainsley's Old Phcebe was by the Kennington dog, out of 

 Andrew Eiddle's Wasp, of FramKngton; Wasp, by 

 William Turnbull's Pincher, of Holystone, out of 

 William Wardle's ; Pincher, by Donkin's Old Peacham, 

 out of Turnbull's Fan; Fan, by Myles's Matchem, of 

 Netherwitton, by Squire Trevelyan's Flint: Donkin's 

 Pincher, by Donkin's Old Peacham, continued from 

 Ainsley's Crowner, by owner's Piper, out of owner's Meg ; 



