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chien griffon, a dog between the water spaniel and the shepherd's 

 dog. 



Var. G — The Hound, chien couyant, Buff. ; Can. sagax, Lin. 

 Essentially this is the same as the blood-hound. The older 

 varieties of the hound were all designated by the term Talbot, 

 which term is, however, now often applied to the blood-hound, he 

 being, with the exception of an occasional pack of harriers of 

 the old growth, the only hound left with heavy limb and long 

 pendulous ears. The sub-varieties are — The stag-hound, the 

 fox-hound, the harrier, and the beagle. — Addenda : the terrier^^ 



animal ; whether we regard his size, his strength, or his generous qualities. 

 Cuvier tells us that the monks of this district send out two of them to scour 

 the mountain in search of lost or wearied travellers ; one proceeds with a 

 warm cloak fastened on his back, the other with a basket tied round his neck, 

 containing a bottle of cordial. They are frequently of the most eminent use 

 in meeting the traveller in these snowy and dangerous regions, in time to lead 

 him to the convent. It is said that, in cases where a man has been found by 

 them in an exhausted state, perishing with cold and fatigue, they will lie close 

 to him, and afford warmth from their own bodies to assist his resuscitation." 



'' The Terrier. It is by no means easy to trace the origin of this useful 

 and interesting race, which is branched out into endless varieties. In The 

 Farrier and Naturalist, No. 10, it is said " that the terrier's name appears 

 to be derived from his entering holes in the earth after his game, and from the 

 minute description given of him in Oppian' s poems, who lived in the days of 

 Severus, A.D. 194. It is certain, also, that the terrier has been long known 

 in this island, although it might not have been an original native. Lin- 

 naeus states that it was first introduced on the continent so late as the reign 

 of Frederic the First." We cannot, however, agree with what follows, — that 

 the terrier is probably the vertagus or tumbler of Raii, and some other writers, 

 which is, we believe, a very different variety ; nor am I aware that any of the 

 true terrier breed has discovered the smallest propensity to this stratagem. 

 The qualities of the terrier are to the full as diversified as his form : he may 

 be taught to do any thing that dogs do, and to assist in the pursuit of every 

 species of game ; but his instinctive propensities are directed to the destruc- 

 tion of what is called vermin, as badgers, polecats, rats, mice, &c. The rough 

 terriers are usually grey or white ; the predominant colour of the smooth 

 kind is jet black, with elegant tan markings. In proof of the versatility of 

 talent in this dog, we knew one which had been broke by a keeper to stand 

 steadily to game, but to pheasants more particularly. 



