208 British Dogs. 



CHAPTER III. -THE BEARDED COLLEY. 



BY CORSINCON. 



IN the west of Scotland there is a rough-faced and very shaggy-coated 

 dog called the bearded colley, differing mainly from the true colley in 

 being rough-faced, rather heavier built, altogether less elegant, and with 

 a shaggier and harsher coat. 



I think they must be a cross with a rough hound, otter hound, or deer- 

 hound probably the former. 



CHAPTER IV. THE ENGLISH BOB-TAILED 

 SHEEPDOG, OR DROVER'S DOG. 



BY CORSINCON. 



THIS appears to be quite a distinct variety of pronounced type, but 

 confusion appears to have arisen in the minds of more than one writer by 

 taking every drover's dog with a docked tail to belong to the genuine 

 stock. At one time dogs without tails were not taxed, which was a 

 sufficient inducement to owners to cut off that useful and ornamental 

 appendage to their dogs. 



It has been held that this docking of the tail generation after 

 generation resulted in pups being born tailless ; but although such a 

 result might follow if the practice were continued long enough, I do not 

 think such was the case, and that being the cause is controverted by the 

 fact that the bob-tailed sheepdog has other clearly marked features in 

 common which breeding from the promiscuous herd of dogs docked to 

 save a tax would have dissipated rather than insured. 



" Stonehenge" suggests that a cross with the bulldog may account for 

 the short bob tail, and considers this idea strengthened because he 

 asserts these dogs frequently show a tendency to the brindle colour. 

 I think " Stonehenge" is wrong in this. A brindle dog of this variety 



