74 DOMESTICATED HUXTING-DOGS. 



enable the terrier to dior awav at an earth for hours together with- 

 out fatigue, but they must not be so wide as to prevent him from 

 " going to ground." Fore legs straight and strong in muscle, 

 but light in bone, and feet round and hare-like. Hind lejrs straight 

 but powerful. Tail fine, with a decided down carriage. The colour 

 of these dogs should be black and tan, wliich is the onl}'- true colour : 

 many are white, slightly marked with black, red, or sometimes, 

 but very rarely, blue. The true fox-terrier was generally chosen 

 with as much white as possible^ so that he might be readily seen, 

 either coming up after the pack, or when in the fox's earth, in 

 almost complete darkness; but these were all crossed with the bull- 

 dog. Those which are now kept for general purposes are, however, 

 most prized when of the black and tan colour, and the more complete 

 the contrast, that is, the richer the black and tan respectively, the 

 more highly the dog is valued, especially if without any white. In 

 all cases there should be a small patch of tan over each eye ; the 

 nose and palate should always be black. The toes should be pen- 

 cilled with black reaching more or less up the leg. Such is the 

 pure English terrier, a totallj^ different animal from the short, 

 thick-muzzled, spaniel-ej^ed, long-backed, cat- footed, curly-tailed 

 abomination so prevalent in the present day. 



The Scotch Terrier closely resembles the English dog in all but 

 his coat, which is wiry and rough, and hence he is sometimes 

 called the wire-haired terrier, a name perhaps better suited to a 

 dog which has long been naturalised in England, and Avhose origin 

 is obscure enough. Bej'ond this difference in externals, there 

 is little to be said distinctive of the one from the other, the 



