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Skvf.ual l)rcc(ls of ])artin11y wild II(ii>t>:< arr still fimiul in the Hrilisli islands, 

 the best known of which is tiu> Shkti.am) 1'ony. 



'J'hisodd, (juaint, spirited littlo aninjal is an inhjd)itant of the islands at the northern 

 extremity of Scotland, where it nuis wild, and may he owned for the occasion by any 

 one who can catch and hold it. Considerinj: its diminutive |)ro])ortions, whicli 

 oidv avt'rage seven or eii^ht hands in height, the Sheltie is wonderfully stronj^, and 

 can trot away quite easily with a tolernhly heavy man on his hack. One of these 

 little creatures carried a man of twelve stone weight for a distance of forty miles 

 in a single day. The head of this little animal is snudl, the neck short and well 

 arched, and covered with an abimdanec of heavy mane, that falls over the face and 

 irresistihlv reminds the sj)eetator of a Sky«'-terrier. It is an admirable dninght 

 Ibn-se when harnessed to a carriage of proportionate size ; and a pair of these 

 spirited little creatines, when attached to a low lady's carriage, have a remarkably 

 pi(piant ami pretty appearance. 



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