CROSSING AND BREEDING. 243 
With regard to nose, there may be a difference of opinion 
depending upon the purpose to which it is devoted; but as it is 
seldom that this quality is wanted to be engrafted on speed or 
courage, the reverse being the usual course, it is scarcely necessary 
to dilate upon it, Thus it may be desirable to alter or improve 
the nose of the hound, the pointer, the setter, the spaniel, or the 
terrier, and in that case it would only be necessary to have recourse 
to;,the best specimens, as regards nose, in each breed, because 
: Il L IN i 
“ Hygrerics, ’ Fourth Cross from the Bulldog. 
there is a peculiarity attending on each mode of using the nose, 
which renders it more adapted to the work to be done than any 
other. Hence the pointer, when crossed with the foxhound, is 
apt to hunt too low, besides other faults which interfere with the 
usefulness of the cross; and the same may be said of the cross 
with the setter and spaniel. So that it may be laid down as a 
rule, that in the article nose it is not safe to look beyond the 
particular breed for improvement in this important quality. 
