132 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 
in a few counties, such as Devonshire and Cornwall, where the 
warm and damp climate encourages the growth of covert for birds 
in the autumn, and at the same time permits dogs to scent their 
game. Asa rule, however, not a tithe of the dogs formerly kept 
in the south for partridge-shooting are now in existence, in spite 
of the large increase of certificated sportsmen, who, however, rely 
on walking turnips with a retriever or on “driving” for the sport 
they anticipate. A moderately fast and steady dog who can find 
birds in turnips is now a rarity, and pace is regarded as the sine 
qué non, because that quality really is essential to the grouse-dog. 
But for partridges it is better to have no dog than one which will 
flush every other covey and drive it off the manor without a shot. 
Nose, and steadiness “ before” and “ behind,” are the essentials in 
him, united with as much pace as is consistent with their display. 
So rare is this combination, that, in all the field trials I have ever 
seen, I have only twice seen birds found in turnips; once by that 
very fast dog Mr. Macdona’s “ Ranger,” and once by a bitch of Mr. 
Llewellyn’s ; but, in the latter case, she was made to range within 
forty yards of the gentleman who hunted her, and as an aid to the 
gun would be useless. Even “ Ranger” has only on one day shown 
this power, within my knowledge of him, and cn five or six other 
occasions has flushed his game from not moderating his pace. 
Mr. Price’s celebrated “ Drake” I never saw in turnips but once, 
and then he was upset by his companion refusing to back him, so 
that I cannot speak as to his powers in that respect ; but the noise 
made by such a flyer in the turnips must always cause him to flush 
birds, unless he moderates his pace on his own accord, as “ Ranger ” 
did on the occasion in question, and as Mr. Llewellyn’s bitch was 
made to do. 
For the last thirty years the shooting world has been in doubt 
as to the respective merits of the two strains of the pointer, dis- 
tinguished by their respective colours as the “liver and white” 
and the “lemon and white.” These two colours compose 95 per 
cent. of the pointers kept in Great Britain, the remainder being 
whole liver (very rare from not being admired) and whole blacks. 
a celebrated kind of which has long been highly valued in the 
North of England. Mr. Edge, Mr. Moore of Appleby, Lord Sefton, 
Lord Derby, Lord H. Bentinck, Mr. Antrobus, Sir Dudley Marjori- 
