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fights, and many more have come forth to carry for 

 the remainder of their restless days the scars of 

 battle. If reynard did not sell his life dearly under 

 cover, his fate was sealed on making from his 

 stronghold. 



" This was the description of work for which the 

 old Skye terrier was kept in the Duke of Argyll's 

 kennels at Inverary and Roseneath, and from our 

 personal knowledge of their build and temperament, 

 we can corroborate what Mr. Clark has said of their 

 qualifications as working terriers. . . . About 

 forty-five years ago Her Majesty was presented 

 with a couple of them by the county gentlemen of 

 Argyllshire, one of these being from the Duke's 

 kennels, and the other from that of Dugald Fergu- 

 son, the foxhunter." 



Now, it was no doubt from strains such as the 

 above that our modern Skye terrier sprung ; such 

 dogs as Mr. James Pratt (of London) showed 

 a quarter of a century ago, and still shows, and 

 others which might be mentioned. 



I formerly owned a Skye terrier called Cloudy, a 

 dark coloured almost black dog, which obtained 

 considerable notoriety as a prize winner. He had a 

 profuse and soft coat, and as much hair on his 

 head as any Yorkshire terrier I ever saw. 

 Beneath that hair, however, was hidden the 



