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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



When public attention had been called to 

 them, as I cared for the breed only and 

 had no ambition to be known as a doggy 

 man, I joined, with a few of those interested 



COL. MALCOLMS 



BOIDHEACH 



BY BO DAG H 



RHODDRY 



in the breed, to 

 form a club for 

 the promotion of 

 the interests of 

 the White West 

 Highland Terrier. 

 The photographs 

 which accompany 

 this chapter show 

 the animal. 



It is still to be 

 found all along 

 the west coast of 

 Scotland. I have 



myself seen good specimens belonging to 

 Ross-shire, to Skye, and at Ballachulish 

 on Loch Leven, so that, as it is a 

 breed with a long pedigree and not 

 an invented breed of the present day, 

 I thought it right to dissociate it from 

 the name of Poltalloch ; but I find that 

 many, perhaps better judges than my- 

 i-elf, think that that was a mistake, 

 because there are some who claim that 

 any white terrier born in the West High- 

 lands may be called a West Highland 



White Terrier, though not a Poltalloch 

 Terrier. 



I wish that I found it possible to give a 

 verbal description of what the type of the 

 dog should be, as I find my dogs constantly 

 judged by what is called the " Scottish " 

 terrier standard. 



I think, however, that the picture of 

 an Eleven of Scotland which accompanies 

 this chapter shows, to those who can see, 

 more than any number of definitions in 

 inches and tenths can explain. 



If anyone wishes to learn the peculiarities 

 of the breed as compared with the accepted 

 " Scottish " type, let him compare these 

 eleven dogs, all workers of one kennel, 

 with a good photo- 

 graph of a Scottish 

 Champion, say. He- 

 worth Rascal {sec p. 

 388) or Ems Cosmetic 

 (sec p. 386) — though I 

 must remark that a 

 singularly long fore-leg 

 among the eleven is 

 due not to the dog, 

 but to photographic 

 distortion. From the 

 picture can be gath- 



THE COUNTESS OF 

 ABERDEEN'S 



CH CROMAR SNOWFLAKE 



BY MORVEN • 



SNOWDRIFT, 



COL MALCOLMS DOICHIOLL II. 

 BY SAIGHDEAR SMEURACK. 



ered a very good idea of the general fo.vi- 

 ness of character — the straight-limbed, 

 rather long, rather low, active body, the 

 broad forehead, light muzzle and underjaw, 



