180 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



Soon after Gyp came into our possession we had 

 another black -and -tan. This was a wire-haired 

 dog with a hard grizzly coat which had some grey 

 hairs in it, and he rejoiced in the name of Ben. 

 He was a wonderfully sagacious old gentleman, 

 and had seen a good deal of the world. Though 

 he had lost one eye, he still saw more with the 

 remaining one than most dogs do with two. Ben 

 grew to be very cunning, and after a day's rabbit- 

 ing he would limp up to me on three legs, and 

 sitting down, positively refuse to walk home. In 

 consequence I generally carried him ; but when he 

 tried the same manoeuvre with my brother he met 

 with no response, so he would then throw away his 

 lame leg and march sulkily home. He and Gyp 

 had a large family of black-and-tans, some of which 

 we had for a great many years. 



The present name of the black-and-tan wire- 

 haired or rough terrier known as Welsh is a 

 misnomer, as the breed was never confined to 

 any one part of the United Kingdom. At one 

 time, too, there were terriers of quite a different 

 stamp from the so-called Welsh that were shown 

 under this name. The first title by which the 

 black-and-tans were known, that of Old English, 

 is a much better one. These were long and low 

 dogs, jet - black, without any grizzle, and with 

 tan legs and cheeks. I had a very good 

 specimen named Peter that was a capital 

 worker ; and the late Dr Edwardes Kerr 

 owned some of this sort. One named Ferny- 



