Terrier

Terrier, properly a ground-dog, i.e. one that follows game into its burrows or earths. The term, however, is now used in a wide sense and applied to small dogs hunting above gronnd and to some kept as companions. Besides the breeds specially treated in this book, are the Black-and-tan, and white English terriers, the first-named by far the older, though now the less popular, of the two. The Scotch terrier has a hard stiff coat, and is stoutly built, with short limbs and tail. The Dandie Dinmonts probably have an infusion of bull-dog blood: dark dogs are called "Peppers," and light ones "Mustards," from their prototypes in Guy Mannering. The Irish terrier, larger than the Fox-terrier, with a hard, reddish coat, does not go to ground. [BEDLINGTON, BULL-TERRIERS, FOX-TERRIER, SKYE.]