148 The Collie or Sheep Dog. 



by his recognition in polite circles as a fashionable beauty, 

 and the numbers that are seen in our popular suburbs 

 and in the streets form proof that his popularity is not on 

 the wane. Well, he is a good dog for the lady or gentleman 

 to keep as a companion, and a useful one for the farmer 

 and shepherd in their work. Neither of the latter could do 

 without him. Thus he is valued in a double sense, and 

 so less likely to have his place usurped by the uncouth 

 Great Dane and the quaint Schipperke from foreign 

 countries. Treat him well and make a friend of him, and 

 the collie will requite your kindness. The more he sees 

 of his owner the better he will understand him, and, 

 brought up and reared on the lines I have endeavoured to 

 suggest, no dog is so well fitted for his position in life as 

 a handsome, elegantly marked collie. He is a picture in 

 the sitting room or library, and a companion in the country. 



