

SIIEPllEKD S DOG. 



original ancestor of the true British Dogs, and preserves its pecuhar aspect 

 in ahnost every country in Europe. It is a rather h^rge Dog, as is necessary, 

 in order to enable the animal to undergo the incessant labour Avhich it is 

 called on to perform, and is possessed of limbs sufficiently large and powerful 

 to enable it to outrun the truant members of the flock, who, if bred on the 

 mountain-side, are so swift and agile that they would readily baffle the efforts 

 of any Dog less admirably fitted by natm-e for the task of keeping them 

 together. 



As the sheep-dog is constantly exposed to the weather, it needs the 

 protection of very thick and closely-set fur, which, in this Dog, is rather woolly 

 in its character, and is especially heavy about the neck and breast. The 



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