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tion purposes, and as a companion. This notwithstanding, 

 I have not altogether lost sight of the purpose for which 

 he was originally given to the world ; and, believing in his 

 courage, which I have often seen tested to the utmost 

 by " flood and field/'' have endeavoured to maintain his 

 character as a sporting dog. 



The illustrations, from drawings by my friend Arthur 

 Wardle, are, I think, thoroughly successful — the larger ones 

 as portraits, the vignettes as ornamental and characteristic. 

 With regard to the frontispiece, where those good old 

 terriers, Grove Nettle, Jock, and Tartar, are depicted, the 

 portraits are taken, in so far as the bitch is concerned, from 

 a painting by Turner, kindly lent for the purpose by the 

 Rev. C. T. Fisher ; and with regard to the two dogs, from 

 photographs issued at the time these celebrities were in the 

 flesh and invincible on the show bench. Three thorough 

 terriers in every respect, and if somewnat unlike in type, 

 they combine all the essentials required to perpetuate and 

 improve a variety. 



Brixton, London, 

 April, 1889. 



