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sixty on its roll. Both have drawn up full 

 descriptions and standards of their special dog, 

 which differ very little, but the most complete of 

 the two is that of the Scottish club, which I 

 take as my ideal, and publish accordingly. It was 

 compiled after careful consideration, and is certainly 

 authoritative. The English club allows a little more 

 for length of body, coat, and weight, in consideration 

 of the better climate, easier life, and more luxurious 

 keeping of the modern over the original Skye terriers. 



The Scottish club description and points are as 

 follows : 



" The Skye terrier takes his name from the chief 

 of those north-western islands of Scotland that, so 

 far back as his history can be traced, formed his 

 native home, and in which he was ' found in greatest 

 perfection.' Upwards of three centuries ago the 

 unmistakable description of him was given by a 

 writer on Englishe Dogges, as a cur ' brought out 

 of barbarous borders fro' the uttermost countryes 

 northward,' ( which by reason of the length of heare 

 makes showe neither of face nor of body.' Subse- 

 quent authors refer as distinctly to him, and describe 

 him as the terrier of those islands, ' having long, 

 lank hair, almost trailing to the ground.' Such 

 evidence gives him an exclusive and indefeasible 

 right to the designation which he bears. He is the 

 only terrier distinctively belonging to the north- 



