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AMERICAS’ AGRICULTURIST. 
[October. 
A CANINE PICTURE GALLERY. 
Portraits of Useful Dogs. 
Dogs are in England much more generally re¬ 
garded as farm animals than with us, and portraits 
of some of those which took prizes at a recent 
show, serve to give an idea of what are regarded 
in that country as representative animals of their 
respective breeds. But little beyond the heads of 
the dogs is given, yet these are sufficient to show 
a wide difference in expression, indicating charac¬ 
ters and habits quite unlike. The right and left 
heads at the tops are of the Setter and Spaniel, 
Drawn and Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
while between them is one full of intelligence, that 
of a St. Bernard. The feats of this breed, in rescu¬ 
ing travellers in the Alps, who might otherwise per¬ 
ish in the snow, are matters of history. The animals 
are so much in request elsewhere, that but few are 
now left in the mountains. They are general 
favorites. The Coach-dog, the regularly spotted ani¬ 
mal, is usually regarded as merely ornamental, only 
fit to run between the heels of carriage horses. 
They differ much in intelligence, and we have 
known them to be alert and faithful watch-dogs. 
At the right of the Coach dog is the Fox Terrier, 
much less used in hunting than formerly, but on 
account of his intelligence a favorite companion 
for boys and young men. The Greyhound, at the 
bottom, is a remarkable illustration of what may be 
done by breeding for a particular object. In this 
breed everything is sacrificed to fleetness. From 
its long and strikingly snake-like head, to its ta¬ 
pering rat-like tail, everything is formed for speed, 
and the body carries not an ounce of extra flesh. 
In England the Greyhound is kept for coursing the 
hare, but not in such large kennels as the Fox¬ 
hound, six or eight being the usual number. 
