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the vicissitudes of tlie weather, neither wind, rain, nor snow 

 being capable of penetrating it. The legs are well formed and 

 the feet strong and useful. The tail is long, gently curved, and 

 bushy, and the whole outline resembles that of the dingo ; but the 

 form is stouter and the limbs stronger. The colour is nearly 

 always black and tan, with little or no white ; sometimes, however, 

 the whole skin is of one or other of these colours, but then the 

 dog is not considered nearly so valuable. The colley, like the true 

 English sheep-dog, has always one or two dew-claws on each hind 

 leg. The sagacity and perseverance of this dog are wonderful, 

 and the instances in which he has succeeded in saving sheep and 

 lambs under perilous circumstances are beyond all description. 



THE DROVER'S DOG. 



This is a mixed breed, being a cross between the sheep-dog and 

 the mastiff or hound, or sometimes the greyhound, pointer, or 

 setter. In the grazing counties he is of great size and strength, 

 and some strains are highly valued ; but they differ so much as to 

 be incapable of being distinguished from other breeds. 



