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weight and over, and I have seen more than one 

 " blue " dog bred from such, and what Mr. Thomson 

 Gray would no doubt have considered " a find " as 

 one of the last of the race of the so-called Blue Paul. 

 Some time or other a fancier had a terrier called 

 Paul, and it being a celebrity in its line, which was 

 to kill rats and fight, and being " blue " in colour 

 was called " Blue Paul " to distinguish it from 

 other eminent dogs bearing a similar name. At 

 least, such is my idea of the origin of the name, 

 notwithstanding how I may upset local historians 

 and others who have said Paul Jones gave the dog 

 its name, having brought a specimen home on his 

 return from one of his piratical expeditions. 



