344 British Dogs. 



Skyes were of all colours except spotted, long in body, short bandy- 

 legged, strong wiry hair, from Sin. to 3|in. long the creature looking 

 very small when wet. The long-coated Skyes are believed to be by all 

 experienced judges only a cross between the originally pure Skye and 

 some foreign long-haired breed, the first of which was supposed to have 

 landed off a wreck in Skye about sixty years ago, and the finest specimens 

 of those long-haired dogs seen for the last fifty years were the property 

 of Donald M'Leod, Esq., and were of a dark greyish colour, very long in 

 body, bandy-legged, and drop-eared.' 



" The Mogstad Skyes were of a dark greyish colour, with wiry hair, from 

 3in. to 3|in. long, with body low but long, and measuring well in girth, 

 legs stout and short, and well provided with very strong claws ; the 

 greater part prick-eared, and all of them excellent workers. 



" The Drynocks are another very splendid breed of the original pure 

 Skyes, closely resembling the common Scotch seal in colour, short wiry 

 hair, with body of a medium size, a good deal like the Mogstads, and all 

 of them first-rate workers. 



" The Camusennaries are another famous breed of the very real and pure 

 Skye terriers, and derive their name from a wild and mountainous tract 

 of land in Skye, extending from Coirnisk on the west town or the Spar 

 Cave on the east. The breed were originally reared there by a Lieut. 

 Macmillan, long passed away, the whole of them short wiry-haired, like 

 the aforenamed breeds ; colour almost always dark all over, middle part 

 of hair in many instances grey, but again dark next the skin , no white 

 on feet or chest ; a thin medium-sized prick ear, and very pointed ; and 

 in every third or fourth litter a reddish-yellow one. This breed was 

 excelled by perhaps no others of pure Skyes in the kingdom in point of 

 courage, sense of smelling and readiness to work, in addition to many 

 other excellent qualities. They would retrieve from the water, and one 

 of these a black, prick-eared dog, the property of the late J. Campbell, 

 Esq., Lochard, in Appin, and residing in Skye eighty years ago would 

 follow the hounds for twelve hours over the steep and lofty Skye hills 

 till the fox was traced to his den, where, in many instances, he had to 

 succumb to this courageous and most powerful little dog, the exploits of 

 which will be long remembered in Skye. Another of the same breed, 

 black and prick-eared, the property of Mr. M'Intyre, head gamekeeper to 

 the Lord M'Donald, has been known to break the jaw-bone of a full 



