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CHAPTER XLVIII. 



THE SPANISH POINTER. 



BEFORE commencing any remarks on the subject of the English Pointer it will be necessary 

 to draw the attention of our readers to the dog from which our modern Pointers unques- 

 tionably sprung. Such was the subject of this chapter, from the crossing of whom with the 

 Foxhound or Southern Hound opinions vary on this subject the Pointer as he now exists 

 was originally produced- 



SPANISH POINTER. 



In " Cynographia Britannica," Sydenham Edwards writes thus of the Spanish Pointer 

 in 1805 : 



"The Spanish Pointer is a heavy, loose-made dog, about twenty-two inches high, bearing 

 no small resemblance to the slow Southern Hound. Head large, indented between the eyes ; 

 lips large and pendulous ; ears thin, loose, and hanging down, of a moderate length ; coat 

 short and smooth ; colour, dark-brown or liver-colour, liver-colour-and-white, red-and-white, 

 black, black-and-white, sometimes tanned about the face and eyes, often thickly speckled with 

 small spots on a white ground ; the tail thin, smooth, and wiry ; frequently dewclaws upon 

 the hind-legs ; the hind-feet often turning a little outwards. 



" The Spanish Pointer was introduced into this country by a Portugal merchant at a 

 very modern period, and was first used by an old reduced baron of the name of Bichell, 

 who lived in Norfolk, and could shoot flying ; indeed, he seems to have lived by his gun, 

 as the game he killed was sold in the London market. This valuable acquisition from the 



