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plain with the flock spreading out two miles, he woiikl 

 watch for me to wave my hand, when all shouting would 

 be lost in the distance. When he was so far off that I 

 could not distinguish him I knew he was looking out 

 for the signal of a fluttering handkerchief to the right 

 or left, and that he could discern a different motion 

 which meant "That will do.'" When the flock was set 

 in the right direction, he would make a long bend and 

 come to me, and without au}^ orders keep each wing up, 

 first going half a mile to the left, and then as far to the 

 right." 



Before winding up this branch of the subject, (after 

 w^hich I propose to illustrate the foregoing theories by 

 an object lesson of my own,) I submit the opinions of 

 another which are so nearly my own that I cannot 

 formulate them better than to quote entire. "The 

 Collie is one of the coming dogs in America. If he 

 were better known and his usefulness on the fa.rm more 

 widely appreciated, he would soon supplant all curs of 

 low degree; and as a faithful, intelligent almost human 

 guardian, he would watch over and attend flocks of 

 sheep in districts where now, because of the midnight 

 forages of mutton hungry mongrels, sheep cannot be 

 raised. They are pre-eminently the farmer's dog, but 

 if anyone is in need of a faithful intelligent servant or 

 companion, let him get a Collie. 



His chief charm as a companion is his great affec- 

 tion and strong attachment. ******** 

 The only faults you will And in him will be his extreme 

 restlessness and activity. He will drive the chickens. 



