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so much as it has other dogs. Reinagle's picture in 

 the " Sportsman's Cabinet," published very early in 

 the present century, is a capital example of what the 

 dog is to-day, and such a one as there pourtrayed, 

 would now, if alive and in the flesh, take the 

 highest honour at any of our leading shows. 



In Scotland there is an old-fashioned sheep dog 

 of the same sort called the " Highland or Bearded 

 Collie," and although he is by no means common, 

 classes are sometimes provided for him at local 

 shows, and they usually attract a considerable entry. 

 I certainly agree with the author of the " Dogs of 

 Scotland," when he says that the two varieties as 

 found in Scotland and England are identical, and if 

 the former is usually seen with a long tail, it is only 

 because his owners have refused to amputate it in 

 order that it might have a so-called " bob-tail." 



It has been said that the variety of old English 

 sheep dog was originally of Welsh extraction. 

 The indigenous Welsh dog is a little smooth- 

 coated, mirled or tortoiseshell - coloured, wall-eyed 

 creature, smart and active for the work on the 

 Welsh hills, where the heavy, cumbersome " bob- 

 tail" would be out of place. As proof of the alleged 

 Welsh origin of the bob-tail, it has been adduced 

 that Mr. R. J. Lloyd Price, at Rhiwlas, Bala, has 

 had a strain on his estates for some generations. 



