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but indifferent specimens of the breed, still there was 

 the true type amongst them, and some fair breeding 

 stock might be selected therefrom. The majority 

 were smooth-coated, though there were some rough- 

 coated ones, and there is no doubt many of them, 

 had they been well reared, would have turned out 

 good specimens of the variety. 



" Some of the most notable Swiss breeders, when 

 speaking of their best specimens, appear proud of 

 boasting of the humble origin of their favourites, 

 and one of them remarked to me, 'Ah ! I picked the 



sire of so-and-so out of a cart in market.' 



Evidently the farmers and peasants are fond of their 

 breed of dogs, but they make them earn their living 

 in a hardish way, and it is a pity they do not attend 

 to the rearing of them better ; it would pay them 

 well to do the latter. 



" After a look through the market and other 

 places of interest, we turned our steps to the Natural 

 History Museum of Berne to see all that is left of 

 the renowned Barry. According to the account in 

 the museum Barry saved fifteen lives ; other stories 

 have given the number at from forty to seventy-five. 

 I should take the Swiss Museum number as the 

 correct one. Barry is a brindle and white patched 

 smooth-coated dog, with a white muzzle, no blaze, 

 rather long in head, narrow in muzzle at the end, 



