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remark about your aristocratic canine companion. 

 The Scotchman away from home, be he out at 

 elbows, or otherwise, pays compliments to the dog. 

 If his shoes are down at the heels the chances are 

 he is the remains of a chieftain of some great clan, 

 and, on the strength of your possession of one of his 

 native quadrupeds, will seek to allay his thirst, or 

 penchant for Glenlivat, at your expense. Still, I do 

 not fancy that the deerhound is quite so popular as 

 a companion over the border as he is on this side the 

 border. Englishmen have paid greater attention to 

 his breeding ; the honours to be gained at shows 

 make it worth while their doing so ; and, being more 

 difficult to rear than most other dogs, he requires 

 greater care in bringing up, and, if not allowed con- 

 tinual exercise, will become crooked on his fore legs, 

 and out at the elbows ungainly enough in little 

 dogs, but a terrible eyesore in big ones. They will 

 not rear well in a kennel. 



It has been said the deerhound is uncertain in his 

 temper with children ; in some cases this may be so, 

 but not in all. Again, it has been stated that when 

 a puppy he will chase anything that moves in front 

 of him sheep, poultry, &c. What puppy will not ? 

 All young dogs are alike in this particular, and if not 

 carefully watched will, like your favourite little boy 

 or girl, be for ever getting into mischief. 



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