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and Mustard," together with " mongrel, whelp, and cur 

 of low degree." Excepting, therefore, by tradition, the 

 Dandie Dinmont terrier can only be traced back about 

 three-quarters of a century. Mr. Macdona (of St. Bernard 

 fame) has obtained access to a curious document in Mr. 

 James Davidson's handwriting, which was sent to the 

 Hon. George H. Baillie, of INIillerstown. as follows :— 



" 1800. — Tuggin, from A. Armstrong, reddish and wiry; 

 Tarr, reddish and wire haired, a bitch ; Pepper, shaggy 

 and light, from Dr. Brown, of Borjenwood. The race of 

 Dandies are bred from the two last. — J. D." 

 ■ Mr. Macdona, in a letter to the Field, dated November 

 2, 1869, concludes "from this, that Dr. Brown, of Bor- 

 jenwood, gave Mr. Davidson, in the year 1800, Pepper 

 and Tarr, and that this couple were, without doubt, the 

 first parents of all true-bred Dandie Dinmonts, being the 

 original stock from whence all Mr. Davidson's genera- 

 tions of Mustards and Peppers sprang.'* And in this 

 conclusion I think him perfectly right. Of late years 

 the most celebrated strains have been those of the Duke 

 of Buccleuch, obtained direct from James Davidson ; Sir 

 G. Douglas, of Springwood Park; Mr. Stoddart, of Selkirk; 

 Mr. Frain, of The Trews; Mr. M^Dougall, of Cessford; 

 Mr. Somners, of Kelso ; Dr. Brown, of Melrose ; Mr. 

 Aitken, of Edinburgh; Mr. Hugh Purvis, of Leaderfoot; 

 Mr. Nicol Milne, of Faldonside ; and Mr. Bradshav/ 

 Smith, of Ecclefechan. 



The points of the Dandie are as follows : — 



Head — Targe and long, with immensely strong jaws 

 and teeth, which are quite level, and the nose cut short 

 like a pointer's. The head of the bitch is generally much 

 smaller than that of the dog, so that they may be distin- 

 guished by a glance. 



Ears — Pendant, from 3 to 4 in. long, and hanging close 

 to the cheek, as the hound's or beagle's, but not so broad 

 or round at the point — more in the shape of an almond 

 or filbert. 



Eyes — Full, bright, and very intelligent. 



Neck — Well developed and rather short. 



Body — Long, but not quite so long as that of a good 



