CLASS I. MAMMALIA: ORDER 6. CARNIVORA. 221 
THE SEXTER.- 
"But, if the shady woods my cares employ, 
In quest of feather'd game my spaniels beat, 
Puzzling the entangled copse, and from the brake 
Push forth the whirring pheasant." 
The cocker is here very useful, although he is occasionally an exceedingly impatient animal. 
He is apt to whimper and babble as soon as he comes upon the scent of game, and often raises 
the bird before the sportsman is within reach ; but when he is sufficiently broken in not to give 
tongue until the game rises, he is exceedingly valuable. There can scarcely be a prettier object 
than this little creature, full of activity, and bustling in every direction, with his tail erect, and, 
the moment he scents the bird, expressing his delight by the quivering of every limb, and the 
low, eager whimpering which the best breaking cannot always subdue. Presently the bird 
springs, and then he shrieks out his ecstasy, startling even the sportsman with his sharp, shrill, 
and strangely expressive bark. 
The Springer is slower and steadier in its range than the cocker ; but it is a much safer dog 
for the hunter, and can better stand a hard day's Avork. It is much esteemed by some sportsmen. 
The King Charles' Spaniel, so called from the fondness of Charles 11. for it — who usually 
