SETTER DOGS. 



That such a similarity should exist is an absolute necessity, in as much as the more 

 powerful nature will inevitably expel the weaker, unless there is something in common 

 between their characters, which will enable the higher being to convey its meaning to 

 the lower, and the lower to receive obediently the mandates of the higher. As the 

 two natures become more assimilated, they produce a corresponding effect in the outer 

 form, and the resemblance extends to form and feature as well as to character. We 

 notice the same effect to be produced among human beings when they are much thrown 

 together, and a similar though not so evident a phenomenon takes place between the 

 man and the brute. 



The very form of the Dog tells its character as clearly as the human countenance 

 betrays the disposition of the spirit which moulds its lines. It is most truly said by 

 Bailey, in that mine of golden poetry, " Festus " : 



" All animals are living hieroglyphs, 

 The dashing Dog and stealthy-stepping cat, 

 Hawk, bull, and all that breathe, mean something more 

 To the true eye than their shapes show ; for all 

 Were made in love, and made to be beloved." 





SETTER DOQS.-Caais famlllarls. 



As the pointers derive their name from their habits of standing still and pointing at 

 any game which they may discover, so the SETTERS have earned their title from their 

 custom of " setting " or crouching when they perceive their game. In the olden days 

 of sporting, the Setter used always to drop as soon as it found the game, but at the 

 present day the animal is in so far the imitator of the pointer, that it remains erect 

 while marking down its game. 



