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Donald Dhu's only companion on the hills is 

 his collie dog, as wise and reflective in his way as 

 his master ; understanding his every word and 

 gesture, and executing his commands with a zeal, 

 intelligence, and determination perfectly marvellous. 

 He is not a demonstrative dog : he will hardly give 

 you a wag of his tail for your most insinuating 

 advances ; his master loves him next the wife and 

 bairns ; but there is no patting and caressing or 

 good-dogging, no trying to wheedle or flatter, or 

 assumption of superiority on his part, or cringing 

 and finger-licking on that of collie, but a real strong 

 male friendship between them. The dog is a good 

 hardworking dog, who knows his business as well 

 as his master, and is perfectly aware of the fact ; 

 grave and reserved, perfectly conscious of his own 

 importance, he would scorn to posture for a mouthful 

 of oatmeal were he starving. If you stop and talk 

 to Donald Dhu, collie folds himself up, puts his head 

 between his paws, and watches the sheep intently, 

 evidently saying to himself: 'Poor fellow, he must 

 have his crack, I suppose ; but somebody must attend 

 to business.' A word, a sign, and he is jumping 

 from one woolly-back to another, intent on singling 

 out the one which has been indicated to him by a 

 gesture so slight as to be almost imperceptible to a 

 human bystander; and let woolly -back turn and 

 twist and wedge himself into the huddling mass as 

 he may, out he has to come, and be snipped, or 

 clipped, or touched up in some unpleasant way or 



