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portrait of * Sam ' by Mr. Glass, and to the several productions of 

 Mr. Wells, which I humbly think are of great value to those 

 who care about the faithful portraiture of their favourites. I 

 have the authority of Messrs. Sharpe, Temple, and Eandell, for 

 saying, that they consider those drawn by him for them most per- 

 fect representations of their respective animals ; whilst ' Mocking 

 Bird,' 6 Miss Hannah,' and f Vraye Foy,' have been seen by so 

 many, that I must leave their portraits to speak for themselves, 

 as, for want of time, they have not yet been submitted to their 

 respective owners. The engravings on wood will, I think, be 

 generally admitted to surpass anything which has ever yet ap- 

 peared in this style and Mr. Hacker has done full justice to the 

 frontispiece on steel. 



The unexpected delay in the publication of my remarks has 

 arisen from the difficulty in getting the portraits of existing dogs 

 well painted, and also in finding the requisite number of efficient 

 engravers. This is a long process, and as there are few who can 

 accomplish the task of engraving animals, in the style of those 

 which I have the pleasure of offering to the public, the time 

 which has been occupied has been necessarily long. That it may 

 not be thought to have been misspent is the ardent hope of 



STONEHENGE. 



OCT. 1, 1853. 



