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NE might have thought that we have terriers in abundance, and of sufficient diversity in shape and size to gratify all tastes, and cope with any kind of work that may come along. England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland have all furnished their quota, yet the late Captain Edwardes of Sealyham, Pembrokeshire, a kinsman of the present Lord Kensington, was not altogether satisfied with those already in existence. Deeming that a combination of the virtues of several old breeds would be useful, some seventy or more years ago he addressed himself to the task of bringing another race into being. Primarily, it is to be presumed, he sought for courage and stamina in a small body. He wanted a terrier that would hold fox or otter, or stay underground with Mr. Brock until the diggers could reach him. Although as the world goes seventy years make