GROUP I. 



Dogs specially used by man as assistants in 

 his work. 



Including : 



1. The Scotch Co I ley. 



2. The Smooth - coated 



Colley. 



j. The Bearded Colley. 

 4. The English Sheepdog 



or Drover's Dog. 



5. The Esquimaux. 



6. The North American 



Wolf Dog. 



7. Sleigh Dogs. 



8. The Truffle Dog. 



This group does not include a great variety of British 

 dogs, especially as we have kept out of it the vermin 

 destroyers and others which have some claim to be 

 included in it. In head formation all are modifications 

 of the corresponding group in Division I., except the 

 English sheepdog, which is shorter and thicker in the 

 head. Most of the varieties embraced in it are marked 

 by a high degree of intelligence. 



CHAPTER I. THE SCOTCH COLLEY. 

 BY CORSINCON. 



I DO not think it possible to say much if, indeed, anything new about 

 the colley ; but as there has been almost as much nonsense written about 

 this dog as on the subject of teetotalism, I shall try to shovel a lot of the 

 accumulated rubbish aside, that we may have a clearer view of the dog as 



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