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pace of any kind of dog, no discussion. would arise as to the best 

 means of effecting the object, this breed being immediately select- 

 ed. So also tlie bulldog is proverbial for courage, and fortun- 

 ately he is so formed as to be readil}' made to amalgamate with 

 other breeds. Even the greyhoimd recovers his peculiar shape 

 completely in the fourth generation, and in the third it would be 

 difficult to discover any certain proof of the existence of the cross. 



With regard to nose, there may be a difference of opinion de- 

 pending upon the purpose to which it is devoted ; but as it is 

 seldom that this quality is wanted to be engrafted on speed or 

 courage, the reverse being the usual course, it is scarcely necessary 

 to dilate upon it. Tlius it may be desirable to alter or improve 

 the nose of the hound, the pointer, the setter, the spaniel, or the 

 terrier, and in that case it would only be necessary to have recourse 

 to the best specimens, as regards nose, in each breed, because 

 there is a peculiarity attending on each mode of using the nose, 

 which renders it more adapted to the work to be done than any 

 other. Hence the pointer, when crossed with the foxhound, is 

 apt to hunt too low, besides other faults which interfere with the 

 usefulness of the cross, and the same may be said of the cross 

 with the setter and spaniel. So that it may be laid down as a rule, 

 that in the article nose, it is not safe to look beyond the particvdar 

 breed for improvement in this important quality. 



Sagacity may be looked for in several breeds, but it is most 

 highly develoj)ed perhaps in the poodle, the Newfoundland, and 

 the terrier ; chiefly, I imagine, because these dogs are more fre- 

 quently the companions of man than the sporting dogs, which are 



