272 The Dog Book 



a Welsh dog than are hounds bred in Wales entitled to be called Welsh. 

 We have some fifty illustrations of terriers made before 1825, and dating 

 back to the preceding century, and the rough black and tan is more promi- 

 nent than any variety. Those vv^ho drew, engraved or etched these dogs 

 lived as far from Wales, by the standard of difficulty of communication 

 and travel, as a New^ Yorker is from Nome, and we can safely say knew 

 nothing of dogs in Wales. We also have seen as many drawings of coloured 

 spaniels of that period, and the Welsh red and white is just as prevalent 

 as are the terriers referred to. All this in addition to the description of 

 the springers about London a century ago, as given in Thorburn's "Shoot- 

 ing Directory," quoted from in the chapter on the cocker spaniel. 



