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steadily at their lordships, and answered the question 

 by another — ' An' how de ye ken ane anither ? ' the 

 translation of which is, And how do you know one 

 another ? Now this question at once demolished the 

 doubt raised by that of the judge ; for it was well known 

 to those in the court that shej^herds know perfectly well 

 so as to be able to identify the sheep in their charge." 



And it is equally certain that the colley knows his 

 sheep, for if two droves of sheep meet on the road and 

 they get intermixed, one of the dogs, sent in to bring- 

 out the sheep thus intermixed, never fails to perform 

 this duty to the satisfaction of his master. The follow- 

 ing anecdote is related by Captain Brown : — " A shep- 

 herd had driven a part of his flock to a neighbouring 

 farm, leaving his dog to watch the remainder during 

 that day and the next night, expecting to revisit them 

 the following morning. Unfortunately, however, when 

 at the fair, the shepherd for-got both his dog and his 

 sheep, and did not return home till the morning of the 

 third day. His first inquiry was whether his dog had 

 been seen ? The answer was. No. ' Then he must be 

 dead,' replied the shepherd in a tone of anguish, 

 ' for I know he was too faithful to desert his charge.' 

 He instantly repaired to the heath. The dog had 

 sufficient strength remaining to crawl to his master's 

 feet, and express his joy at his return, and almost im- 

 mediately after expired." Captain Bro^wn relates another 

 interesting anecdote of a shepherd's dog which displays 

 great sagacity. He heard it from Mr. Peter JMacarthiu', 

 of the Island of Mull. " Upon one occasion a cow had 

 been missed for some time and no trace of it could be 

 foimd ; and a shepherd's dog, called Drummer, was also 



