1 10 Modem Dogs. 



intended to represent (< wall " or "china" eyes, a 

 feature often found in this strain of dog, and one 

 that is not supposed to be any detriment to him 

 on the show bench. 



There is no doubt that our collie or sheep dog is 

 one of the most useful of the canine race, and 

 within the last quarter of a century, he has likewise 

 been made ornamental. The farmer and agricul- 

 turist can keep him without paying a licence to the 

 State, as is the case with most other dogs, but care 

 ought to be taken that the u unlicensed " sheep 

 dog does not kill a rabbit or a hare, or assist his 

 owner at a day's ferreting, else he at once becomes 

 less distinctive, and, according to the working of 

 the law, seven shillings and sixpence ought to be 

 paid for the honour and pleasure of keeping him. 



Although now as much a fancy dog as a worker, 

 and the two qualifications have not yet been com- 

 bined to any great extent, the collie is still numerous 

 in the north of England and Wales, where the sheep 

 are small, wild, and active, and the shepherd seldom 

 leaves home without his dog or dogs at his heels. 

 There is a story told of a tourist making inquiry as 

 to the number of persons who attended the little 

 church in one of the mountainous portions of the 

 Cumberland lake district. "Why," was the reply, 

 <( t' last Sunday thar war ten cur dogs liggin' in 



