1 5 6 



DOMESTICATED DOGS. 



(e) the bussian setter. 



A Russian Setter slightly crossed with English blood. 



Having had no further experience of this dog since I wrote 

 the first edition of this book, I cannot do better than transcribe 

 the description I then gave : — 



This dog was at one time, that is, about twenty years ago, 

 considered to be superior to our English breed, and many of them 

 were then introduced into the kennels of our best sportsmen, but 

 they are now almost lost sight of again. In the year 1841, the 

 late Mr. Lang, well known as a first-rate shot both at game and 

 pigeons, and as a breeder of pointers and setters, wrote to the 

 editor of the " Sporting Review " a letter warmly in praise of 

 them, from which the following is an extract • — 



"In the season of 1839 I was asked for a week's shooting 



