DIMENSIONS OF BUSCAK. 351 



tips of their ears, eyes, and muzzles are black, and that 

 in all other parts they are each of one uniform colour, a 

 never-failing accompaniment of purity of breed. 



In their running points they bear a great similarity to a 

 well-bred greyhound ; and, though somewhat coarser, are 

 supposed (from the trials which have been made) to be 

 quite as swift. Their principal difference in shape from 

 the common greyhound consists in a greater height of 

 shoulder, thickness of neck, size of head and muzzle, and 

 coarseness of bone. They are much more sagacious than 

 the common greyhound, and in disposition are more playful 

 and attached, but much bolder and fiercer when roused. 



The following are the dimensions of Buskar*, taken in 

 August 1836: 



Height at shoulder - - 28 inches 

 Girth of chest - - 32 



Weight in running condition, 85lbs. 



This dog is of a pale yellow, and appears to be remark- 

 ably pure in his breeding, not only from his shape and 

 colour, but from the strength and wiry elasticity of his 

 hair, which by Highlanders is thought to be a criterion of 

 breeding. 



Though the dogs now described are of a yellow or 

 reddish colour, yet there are in the districts of Badenoch 

 and Lochaber, some of a dark grey, which are considered 

 pure ; indeed it is believed that this was at one time the 



* The principal clog in Mr. Edwin Landseer's beautiful vignette, 

 opposite to the frontispiece of this work, is taken from a sketch of this 

 celebrated animal ; but does not, I think, give the idea of quite so 

 much bone and muscle as belongs to the original. Author. 



