THE OTTER TERRIER.
Somerville's description of an otter-hunt, [361]—otter-hounds almost extinct, [362]—otter-hunting, [363] to end of chapter.
THE GREYHOUND.
Match between a Scotch greyhound and Snowball, [368]—Match between a greyhound and a racehorse, [368]—its courage and perseverance, [369]—a coursed hare dies of exhaustion, [369]—a hare and two dogs die of exhaustion, [370]—a wild greyhound, [370]—greyhounds coupled pursue a hare, [372]—a greyhound brings assistance to his drowning master, [372]—finds his way from Cumnock to Castle Douglas, [373]—canine friendship, [373]—King Richard's greyhound, [375]—attachment between St. Leger and his greyhound, [377]—the Persian greyhound, [379].
THE POINTER.
Its origin and present breed, [384]—a pointer punished by her grand-dam, [386]—disgust at a bad shot, [387]—pointing on the top of a wall, [388]—steady pointing, [389]—a weather-wise pointer, [389]—guards some dropped birds all night, [389]—finds his way back from America, [390]—traces his master four hundred miles, [390]—M. Léonard's dogs, Brague and Philax, [391]—a pointer acts as a landing-net, [394]—calls the attention of his master to a hare, [394]—an extraordinary pointer, [395]—a pointer suckles a hedgehog, [398].
THE SETTER.
Its origin and present breed, [400]—smells birds a hundred yards off, [401]—acts as a retriever, [402]—traces a wounded deer, and brings her master to it next morning, [403]—finds a lost whip, [404]—gratitude of a dying setter, [405]—friendship with a cat, [406]—a setter angry with his master for missing birds, [406]—falls in love with a mongrel, [407]—effect of imagination on pregnant bitches, [408]—Médor brings the keys to his shut-out mistress, [409]—sagacity in hunting red-legged partridges, [410].
THE PUG DOG.
Its history and progress, [412]—a pug saves the life of the Prince of Orange, [413]—a lady incurs a pug's displeasure for preventing him from stealing, [414]—a pug pronounces the word William, [415]—ditto Elizabeth, [416]—the Comforter, [416].