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dog, and I gave her to a friend to breed from, who was ou a 

 visit with me. I accompanied him on his return from Essex, 

 and she was brought back with us exactly in a similar man- 

 ner to that in which she had been before taken ; and it is 

 most certain, that neither in going nor coming did she ever 

 see twenty yards of the road. On our arrival in London she 

 was removed to my friend's kennel, from whence she con- 

 trived to escape during the night, by digging her way out in 

 a most extraordinary manner, and travelled the whole forty- 

 eight miles back into Essex so expeditiously, that a ser- 

 vant found her at the door of my residence in the country, 

 in the morning when she arose. The bitch remained at large 

 during the day ; but finding I was not in the country, she 

 ao-ain set off in the evening, and returned to London ; and 

 in the morning once more presented herself at my friend's 

 house in search of me." 



THE COCKER. 



This dog is considerably smaller than the springer, and is 

 generally used for woodcock and snipe shooting. His dimi- 

 nutive size peculiarly fits him for ranging in low, thick 

 coverts, for which purpose nature seems particularly to have 

 adapted him. 



The form of the cocker is shorter and more compact than 

 that of the springer, his head is rounder and his muzzle 

 shorter ; his ears are very long, and the limbs short and 

 strong. The entire ears, neck, and body are covered with 

 longer and more curled hair than the springer. He varies 

 also from liver and white, red, red and white, or entirely 

 liver-coloured, with tanned legs and muzzle. 



This beautiful and lively dog seems to have been pro- 

 duced originally by a cross between the small water-spaniel 

 and the springer ; as he not only resembles the figure of the 



