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Portobello ; Mr. M. H. Ashwen, Mr. T. Gilholm, 

 and others. Nor must Mr. W. Arkwright, of Sutton 

 Scarsdale, be forgotten, who for a rime gave atten- 

 tion to producing the extremely handsome " mirled " 

 collies, many of which had the china or wall eyes. 

 These dogs abounded in character, and it was to 

 be regretted that when the contents of Mr. Ark- 

 wright's kennels were disposed of at Aldridge's, the 

 best dogs realised but small sums of money. 



How admirably the collie is adapted as a com- 

 panion we all know, and his sagacity in that depart- 

 ment of life for which nature intended him, is equally 

 well known. He is a different dog now when well 

 attended and cared for, than he was when he had 

 less value. That churlishness and snappishness 

 which were prevailing features, appear to have 

 almost entirely disappeared, and he does not rush 

 out of the farmyard and seize the passing way- 

 farer by the calf of his leg, by the coat-tails, or else- 

 where, as was his habit. Constant association 

 with his superiors has improved his disposition im- 

 mensely ; he has quite risen to the occasion and to 

 his aristocratic surroundings. His bark may now 

 be taken to be quite as much a call of welcome as 

 a cry of alarm or ill-temper. 



I am not here going to write several pages as to 

 the change in the appearance of many of the prize 



