INDEX. 



a match for the Devil, 154 ; Bait at Ipswich various ac- 

 counts of Bull-baiting, 155 Bull Terrier declining 

 price of Bull Dogs Appeal to Professor Jackson on Bull- 

 baiting Charters for Bull-baiting at Stamford and Tut- 

 bury, 156; solemn address to the inhabitants Staver- 

 ton's bequest mistaken principle in certain humane 

 publications, 157; Bull Dog fighting on his stumps! 

 Tortures by logical and legal authority, 158 ; Union of 

 talents and confusion reputed good-nature and Bull- 

 baiting a new Holy Alliance. 



Dog, Dalmatian, or coach Dog, 127 ; conjectures on origin 

 Appendage of the coach establishment a hound 

 a shewy pack, 128; the Harlequin breed Bengal 

 Harrier in Egypt Egyptian Hound, 129 ; treatment 

 of Dogs by the Arabs and Turks in Japan, 131 ; 

 Interruption to sport, in Essex, by meeting of Harriers 

 and Fox Hounds, 132. 



- Greenland, 139 ; conjectural origin description 

 Hunt in their wild state, 140 anecdote Chabert's 

 great Russian dog Arctic Dogs and Fox imported 

 Artie varieties of the Dog, 141 Qualities Prey on 

 sheep anecdote of Jowler, 142 difference of character 

 between the Greenland and Newfoundland dog anecdote 

 of Mr. Garland's dog, 143 Danish Dog ancient Alba- 

 nians of great size. 



Harrier, 79 ; a modern variety confusion respecting 



the harrier what the harrier really is, 80 ; pack de- 

 scribed scent, HI cross for Harriers Harriers to hunt 

 the Roebuck best time to enter young Hounds manage 

 and reward, 82 : crack pack, 194. 



Hound, Blood, 57, 58 ; nature and origin American 



Blood Hound in Scotland, formerly, the Sleuth Hound 

 description few now kept, and those of questionable 

 blood old stories of them modern anecdote. 



Hound, Fox, 67 ; breeding, 68 ; course of years re- 

 quired to rear a capital pack Gamboy, the famous Essex 

 hound Race over the B. C. Newmarket by two hounds, 

 69 ; Merkin 70, 75 ; hound originally harsh haired, 

 the greyhound, a smooth variety curiods pack, 82 ; 

 treatment improved, 191; starving, 192; Psendo 

 economy, 194; Mr. Osbaldeston's mode of hunting 

 erroneous hunting a pack flogging, rounding, docking, 

 1.95. 



Hound, Grey or Gaze, 75-81 ; an ancient variety 



antiquity, use and worth, 83 ; ancient anecdotes Grey- 

 hounds of the continent, 84 ; English, Italran, and Irish 

 Greyhound, 85 ; description, form and colour choice 

 anecdote danger of liberty to Greyhounds, 86 ; old saw 

 real mode for breeding where the speediest Greyhounds 

 are to be found the Italian, 87 ; anecdote of Duval the 

 Highwayman description and character of the Italian 

 Greyhound, 88 ; trials in the 6eld, 89 ; the Dent Grc-y- 

 bounds Greyhound, or Lurcher of India of Persia, 90 ; 

 Battle with a Fox ; race between Greyhound and Mare, 

 97 ; Irish Greyhound, 9 1 ; originally from the East 

 used to hunt the Wolf and Boar breed proposed to de- 

 stroy the Wolf upon the Continent, 9.2 ; and to hunt the 

 royal Tyger in Bengal Wolf and wild Boar hunts of An- 

 tiquity ancient coursing matches, 93 Coursing Deer, 

 by Queen Elizabeth, 94 Laws of Coursing established in 

 her reign Coursing the. Fox. 



, Hound, Stag, 63 ; on srent by an old writer the 



slow and fine-nosed, 64 ; singular chases, 195. 



Dog, Hound, Southern, 59 ; origin and description th< 

 Talbot of former times peculiar faculty of scent, 60 ; 



music of hounds modern style as to form colour 



speed size, 61 ; description breeding, 81. 



Lurcher, 95 ; the Teazer of ancient times, origin, 



character, and description crossed and used by drovers, 

 96 ; Anecdotes. 



Mastiff, or Ban, 57 ; how to manufacture Mastiffs 



the Mastiff, 159 ; antiquity of the British, exported tu 

 Rome Ban Dog and mongrel Mastiff Description and 

 solemn bark high character, 160 Training and Ma- 

 nagement Wappit recommended to watch with the 

 Mastiff, 161 ; pure breed extinct combat between Mas- 

 tiffs and a Lion, 162 ; cruelty in feeding wild beasts 

 great danger from a Mastiff, 163 ; death of a lady from a 

 rabid Dog Psalm-singing Dog of Scotland, 164 ; the 

 Dog and the Lady of Lansdown Mastiffs, of many years 

 since, 1G5 Monsieur Chabert and his Dog-gig. 



Newfoundland, 133; origin and description the 



most useful of the whole race his high qualities dis- 

 graced by inferior crosses cruel treatment in Newfound- 

 land disease in that country from fever and hard-labour, 

 135 ; Anecdote of Mr. Mudford's Dog, and account of the 

 trial respecting it, 136'. 



Pointer, English, 119 ; cross of the Fox-hound on the 



old Spanish Pointer Dash Pointers taught to hunt deer, 



' hare, or fox Truffle hunting at Ambresbury Pointer 

 hunting in the North, 120 ; varieties of Pointers and Par- 

 sons Don, a famous Sussex Pointer Dash, the Eclipse 

 of Pointers, 191 ; his great price Pluto and Juno, anec- 

 dote of another anecdote in confirmation of the former, 

 192. 



Pointer, Spanish, 115; or pointing hound his his- 

 tory uncertain succeeds the Setter, a Spaniel variety 

 natural pointing qualifications and description when 

 obtained, destination find and bring or not breaking 

 and training, 116; cowed, or made desperate, by common 

 dog-breakers, 117; price ware sheep ! -method of 

 breaking terras foolery of the puzzle-peg, 118 ; intro- 

 duction to tlic field backing. 



Pugs, 145 their derivation a noble parody on 



Bulls and Pugs Puggism defined Pu and Pompey for- 

 merly applied to Berks and Hants Pigs Description of 

 the Pug Dug, 146 Epitaph on a Bitch Lectures on 

 Heads, 147 Term 1'ug derived from pugnus a Fist. 

 Calumnious character of the Pug Dog End of " poor old 

 Pug," a piteous anecdote, 149. 



Shepherd's, 93 Description Supposed Antiquity 



Button's hypothesis this dog a heaven-born genius 

 their great labour on the continent and superiority, 100 ; 

 drovers' dogs worrying sheep purity of blood in tin: 

 North and in Wales Anecdotes, 101-2. 



Seller, 123 ; originally a spaniel first trained in the 



14th century well-known in 1685 Setters in Ireland, 

 called English Spaniels liiuli price in Ireland character 

 and properties, 124; more useful than the pointer Mr. 

 Mildred's Basto would take water Setters take water 

 preferred for pheasant and Moor Game, 125 anecdotes 

 of Mr, Elwes's and Dr. Smith's Setters Setters formerly 

 ' omnium gatherum' Peculiarities, 126 fatal accident. 



Spaniel, 103 ; the Springer Mr. Daniel's remarks 



examined old English prejudice varieties of the Spanitl, 



