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although he sometimes had as many as ten and twelve 

 couples of them, they had but two names amongst 

 them, the blue or grey ones all alike being called 

 " Pepper," whilst those of a sandy or fawn hue were 

 known as " Mustard." 



From these dogs of James Davidson's, it is 

 generally supposed the best strains of the modern 

 Dandie Dinmont terriers are descended, and here I 

 must at the outset draw attention to the practice 

 now so common of calling these dogs " Dandies," 

 leaving out the Dinmont and terrier. This custom 

 has become so prevalent that it is used not only in 

 speaking of them but by some persons in writing 

 of the variety. 



I do not know whether to consider the Dandie 

 Dinmont terrier fortunate or unfortunate in 

 having so many chroniclers. No variety of dog 

 has had so much written about him in the news- 

 paper, and, moreover, Mr. Charles Cook, of Edin- 

 burgh, wrote his monograph, a remarkably handsome 

 volume, beautifully illustrated, published by David 

 Douglas in 1885, and which I believe is now out of 

 print. About twenty-two years ago the columns of 

 the Field were pretty well inundated with letters 

 concerning this dog, many of them written with con- 

 siderable feeling, and I fancy more with the idea of 

 puffing a particular strain than with any intention of 



