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royal kennels there are of stone, and the yards are paved 

 with red and blue tiles, and the compartments in which 

 the little dogs sleep are warmed with hot water, and 

 they have the freshest and cleanest of straw in which 

 to lie. There are fifty-five dogs in these kennels, and 

 most all of them are acquainted with the Queen. She . 

 visits them often while she is at the castle, and she looks 

 carefully after their health and comforts. The dogs of 

 Windsor Castle keep regular hours. They are turned 

 out at a certain time each day for their exercise and 

 sports, and they have a number of courts connected with 

 the kennels, upon which they scamper to and fro over 

 green lawns. There are umbrella-like affairs on these 

 lawns, where they can lie in the shade if they wish to, 

 and in some of them are pools of water where the dogs 

 can take a bath, and in which they swim and come out 

 and shake themselves, just as though they were ordinary 

 yellows dogs, rather than royal puppies.^^ 



The disposition of the Collies is as marked as his 

 other traits. ISTaturally he is all kindness and affection. 

 Yet some writers who think they know all about dogs, 

 tell us that he is of a cross and surly temper. It is true 

 that when out on a desolate moor for days and months 

 he becomes suspicious and distrustful of strangers. But 

 he rules a fioek of sheep much as a good horseman con- 

 trols a horse, by innate "force of character'' and not 

 by ferocity. An Australian sheep owner writes of his 

 own ranch and dog as follows : "My own Sancho never 

 did himself as much credit with a small number as with 

 a great many sheep. Tilien I was .riding on an endless 



