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The Collie or Sheep Dog. 



and the trial ground covered about 90 acres. The latter, 

 of course, not including the portions occupied by the 

 spectators. Here, on our wild, bleak fells of Cumberland the 

 space to be obtained was almost unlimited. As circumstances 

 occur, these estimates may be extended or decreased 

 at will. Having secured such suitable ground, the next 

 thing is to draw out a plan denoting the course over which 

 the dogs have to drive their sheep, the positions where the 

 worker of the dog, the judges, and officials are to stand, 

 the location of the spectators, and the place where the pen 

 is erected into which the competitors have to drive their 

 flock. 



The course is indicated by a succession of flags placed 

 at intervals, on the far side of which the dogs drive the 



sheep, the time occupied and the manner in which the work 

 is done being placed to the credit or otherwise of the com- 

 petitors. The above sketch will assist to convey an 

 idea as to a plan of the ground. 



The sheep are liberated near A, the shepherd standing 

 at B sends his dog to the sheep, which are to be driven in 



