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to convey to you in writing the beauty of this 

 point ! " 



Was this mere instinct, or was it reason ? 



Sir Charles Stewart Menteath, Bart, of Closeburn, 

 Dumfriesshire, had an extremely small and beautifully 

 formed pointer. His length, from the point of the 

 nose to the tip of the tail, was only two feet and half 

 an inch. From one fore-foot to the other, across the 

 shoulders, two feet ; length of the head, six Inches ; 

 girth of the chest, one foot three inches. He was a 

 most perfect miniature of the best formed English 

 pointer. His colour was white, with dark liver- 

 coloured patches on each side of the head, extending 

 half-way down the neck ; the ears, with some patches 

 down the back, were also of the same colour ; and 

 numerous dark liver-coloured spots sprinkled his entire 

 body. His olfactory sense exhibited itself in a high 

 degree. 



The late Earl of Lauderdale had some of the same 

 dogs, which were broke in and pointed most admir- 

 ably. Sir James Colquhoun, Bart, of Luss, had one 

 of the same kind, which was considerably smaller than 

 Sir C. Menteath's. 



THE ENGLISH SETTER. 



This celebrated breed was produced between the 

 Spanish pointer, the English water-spaniel, and 

 springer, which, b)^ careful and assiduous cultivation, 

 has attained a very high degree of perfection as a 

 sporting dog. His figure is elegant, and his fur presents 

 a very pleasing diversity of colour, with beautifully 

 flowing hair, extremely villous on the lower margin of 

 the tail, and in the middle of the belly. 



The setter possesses all the high qualities of the 

 pointer, with a greater degree of speed and natural 



