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gards shape and make as the smooth EngUsh terrier; but 

 the coat differs in being long, and of three different 

 shades— that on the back being a blue slate ; the face, 

 head, and legs a silky silvery fawn ; the whole under- 

 mined by short tanned hair. The older the dog the 

 more silvery he gets. 



The Scotch dog is also the same in shape. His 

 colour may be pepper or mustard, or pepper and mustard, 

 in each case more or less mixed with salt. 



The toy dog of these strains is the same in all but 

 weight, which should not exceed 7 lbs. ; the smaller the 

 better. 



The estimated value of their points is as follows : — 

 Head, 15; neck and ears, 10; shoulders, chest, and loins, 

 20; feet and legs, 10; colour and coat, 30; symmetry, 

 10 ; tail, 5. 



The Skye Terrier. This dog is, with the exception 

 of the turnspit, and his foreign representative, the barbet, 

 the longest of all dogs in proportion to his height. From, 

 the nose to the tip of his tail, when extended, the Skye 

 should measure at least three times its height, and some- 

 times it is met with three and a half times as long. At 

 the same time its coat is so developed that its shape is 

 really very like the door-mat to which it is so often 

 compared— ears, legs, and tail all merging in one mass, 

 with the exception of the tip of the latter, and of the feet. 

 In a well-coated specimen the eyes are only to be guessed 

 at, and even the nose is often obscured ; but generally 

 they are each more or less visible on a close inspection. 



The head looks large, from the profusion of hair with 

 which it is invested, but it is not really so. Its shape is 

 not easily got at, but it is somewhat wide, while the neck 

 is unusually long. The eyes, which are from the same 

 cause scarcely visible, are found, on separating the over- 

 hanging hair, to be keen, expressive, small, and generally 

 of a dark colour, either black or brown, as are the nose 

 and palate. The ears are of good size, that is, about 

 3 in. long, clothed thickly with hair, which should mingle 

 with that of the face and neck, and decidedly, in my 

 opinion, should fall, but not quite close to the chcwl;, 



