206 British Dogs. 



of tail, 19in. ; girth of chest, 26in. ; girth of loin, 20in. ; girth of head, 

 15in. ; girth of forearm, 7iin. ; length of head from occiput to tip of 

 nose, lO^in. ; girth of muzzle, midway between eyes and tip of nose, Sin. 



Mr. Ashwin's CocJcsie : Age, 3 years ; weight, 491b. ; height at 

 shoulder, 21|in. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 37in. ; length of 

 tail, 17in. ; girth of chest, 26in. ; girth of loin, 21in. ; girth of head, 

 13in. ; girth of forearm, 6in. ; girth of head from occiput to tip of nose, 

 9|in. ; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 7|in. 



Mr. E. I. H. Price's Gather: Age, 10 years; weight, 541b. ; height at 

 shoulder, 22Jin. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 42in. ; length of 

 tail, 14in. ; girth of chest, 27in. ; girth of loin, 20in. ; girth of head, 

 15in. ; girth of forearm, 7iin. ; length of head from occiput to tip of 

 nose, 10|in. ; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, Sin. 



Dr. James's Carlyle : Age, 5 years ; weight, 571b. ; height at shoulder, 

 21in. ; length from nose to set on of tail, 36in. ; length of tail, 18in. ; 

 girth of chest, 30in. ; girth of loin, 24in. ; girth of head, 15Jin. ; girth 

 of forearm, 7in. ; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, llin. ; 

 girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, Sin. 



CHAPTER II. THE SMOOTH-COATED COLLEY. 



BY CORSINCON. 



[N all points, except coat, this variety is a facsimile of the more 

 fashionable rough-coated ones, indeed, rough-coated and smooth-coated 

 are often found in the same litter, a good instance of which is Mr. W. W. 

 Thomson's Guelt, who is of the most noted strain in the West of 

 Scotland, being a lineal descendant of the dog of a noted sheep stealer, 

 who, as he drove his flock to the southern markets along the old Roman 

 road that runs along the crest of the hills on the north bank of the river 

 Nith, used to send his dog along the hill sides or the south side of the 

 river to select a few sheep from several flocks, and, fording the river add 

 them to his master's drove. 



