CHAPTER IV. 

 THE COLLIE OR SHEEP DOG. 



ALTHOUGH the " Scotch collie dog," as he is so 

 often called, has for many generations been one of 

 the favourite varieties of the canine race, his fondest 

 admirers of fifty years ago could scarcely have 

 expected him to have achieved the popularity 

 which he possesses at the present time, and has 

 held for some fifteen years or more. He may share 

 with the sprightly fox terrier the distinction of 

 being the favourite dog of the people of the latter 

 part of the nineteenth century. The St. Bernard 

 has his admirers, so has the foxhound, but as neither 

 is so suitable as a companion the one on account 

 of the size, the other for a variety of reasons, the 

 collie and the fox terrier are likely to retain their 

 good reputation for many years to come. 



The sheep dog is usually called a " collie " ; in 

 reality a " collie " is an obsolete name for " such 

 sheep as have black faces and legs," says the 

 Agricultural Dictionary, published in 1743, where 



