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one hundred and twenty pounds weight and more, 

 roughish in coat, and with a docility of expression 

 quite in keeping with the pastoral duties he has to 

 perform, and with strength sufficient to grapple 

 with a wolf successfully. 



However, the largest type of foreign sheep dog 

 I have met was one said to be from Thibet, and 

 which was purchased from a traveller by a firm of 

 live-stock importers in London, Messrs. Willson 

 and Co., of Goodge-street, London, W. This was, 

 perhaps, as tall a dog as I ever saw, measuring at 

 the shoulders 33! inches, and built proportionately. 

 It was pale fawn in colour, with a close thick coat, 

 inclined to be shaggy rather than smooth ; his face 

 was as kindly in expression as anyone would wish 

 to see, and his appearance was not contrary to his 

 nature, for he was a most affectionate dog. It was 

 said at the time I had this dog brought to me, 

 in 1892, that a similar animal was to be seen at 

 the Jardin des Plantes, in Paris. 



This big dog is alluded to here in order to show r 

 what I have stated, that in other countries less 

 civilized than our own, and where the flocks are 

 likely to be disturbed by the attacks of various 

 ferocious animals, the sheep dogs are of such a 

 character as to be able to do full justice to their 

 charges in the way of protection. 



