78 DOMESTICATED HUNTING-DOGS. 



Pviii," * and " Puck,"t son of " Jolin Pym." " Meadow " wa.s 

 bred at Birseslees, Sometimes a Dandie pup of a good strain ni:iy 

 appear not to be game at an early age ; but he should not be 

 parted with on that account, because many of them do not sh<Av 

 their courage till nearly two years old, and then nothing can 

 beat them ; this apparent softness arising, as I suspect, from 

 kindness of heart. 



The mustard-coloured bitch from which the above sketch was 

 taken belongs to the breed referred to, as far as I can trace her 

 pedigree, and answers to the description ; but I have not been 

 able to obtain positive proof of her entire purity of blood, the 



Long Newton, Roxburgshire. Dam, "Scliaiiii;" sire. "Pepper;"' was 

 pupped early ill December, ISii. "Pepper" and " Scliami " are the properly 

 of Sir G.'orgc) H. S. Douglas, B£,rouet, of Spriugwood Park, Captain oiili 

 Regiment of Infantry. '' Schann " was bred at Bowliill, Selkirkshire ; dam, 

 his Grace the Duke of Buccleugh's "Schann;" sire, "Old Pepper," also tlie 

 property of his Grace. 



"Schann," at Bowhill, was bred by John Stoddart, at Selkirk. Dam, 

 "Schann;" sire, "Old Dandy." J. Stoddart's "Schann" was bred at Hindalee 

 by Mr. Scolt, the successor to James Davidson in tliat place. 



" Pepper," at Birseslees, was bred by Mr. Lang, Selkirk ; but as " Pepper " 

 is now thirteen or fourteen years of age, and as Mr. Lang's bitch had about 

 that period litters to different celebrated dogs of that breed, there is now a 

 doubt which of those breeds he is really the produce of. " Old Pepper " is 

 claimed as being bred by more than one celebrated breeder. 



"Old Dandie" was bred by Mr. Stoddart. 



* "John Pym" was by " Shem," a dog wh.ich belonged to Mr. Sonnier. of 

 Kelso : dam, a bitch belonging to John Lauder, " Old Melrose," and bred 

 by Mr. Frain, of the Trows, near Kelso. 



f " Puck," Dr. Brown's present dog, was got by his old dog "Pym,'* out of a 

 bitch called "Tib." "Tib" was bred by Purves, of Leaderfoot : sire, "Old 

 Dandie," the famous dog of " Old Stoddart," of Selkirk; dam, "Whin," a 

 verv well-bred bitch. 



