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dog, ana I gave her to a friend to breed from, who was on a 
visit with me. I accompanied him on his return from Essex, 
and she was brought back with us exactly in a similar man¬ 
ner to that in which she had been before taken; and it is 
most certain, that neither in going nor coming did she ever 
see twenty yards of the road. On our arrival in London she 
was removed to my friend’s kennel, from whence she con¬ 
trived to escape during the night, by digging her way out in 
a most extraordinary manner, and travelled the whole forty- 
eight miles back into Essex so expeditiously, that a ser¬ 
vant found her at the door of my residence in the country, 
in the morning when she arose. The bitch remained at large 
during the day; but finding I was not in the country, she 
again set off in the evening, and returned to London ; and 
in the morning once more presented herself at my friend’s 
house in search of me.” 
THE COCKER. 
This dog is considerably smaller than the springer, and is 
generally used for woodcock and snipe shooting. His dimi¬ 
nutive size peculiarly fits him for ranging in low, thick 
coverts, for which purpose nature seems particularly to have 
adapted him. 
The form of the cocker is shorter and more compact than 
that of the springer, his head is rounder and his muzzle 
shorter ; his ears are very long, and the limbs short and 
strong. The entire ears, neck, and body are covered with 
longer and more curled hair than the springer. He varies 
also from liver and white, red, red and white, or entirely 
liver-coloured, with tanned legs and muzzle. 
This beautiful and lively dog seems to have been pro¬ 
duced originally by a cross between the small water-spaniel 
and the springer; as he not only resembles the figure of the 
