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the public as a pigeon-blue and white English 

 sheep-dog, ( breeder and pedigree unknown.' 



" With regard to the sagacity of this breed I 

 consider it has few equals, and certainly no superior. 

 In a large dairy farm I know of, there is a dog 

 which will fetch up individual cows as they are 

 required to be milked, distinguishing those which 

 he has already fetched up, and after being milked 

 are allowed to mix with the rest of the herd. 

 When quite a lad I remember seeing an old grizzle 

 and white sheep dog lying outside a farmhouse 

 here in Suffolk, which three weeks or a month 

 before was purchased in Dumfries ; he worked a 

 herd of bullocks all the way from his Scottish 

 home to the eastern corner of Suffolk by road. 

 After remaining comfortably for a fortnight in his 

 new quarters, one day he was missing, and no 

 tidings could be gleaned of him in the neighbour- 

 hood ; and no wonder, for within the week his 

 Suffolk purchaser received a letter informing him 

 the old dog was safe back in Dumfries. This 

 incident occurred to Mr. Edmund Tye, of The Moat 

 Farm, Dallinghoo, Suffolk, who was my informant. 



" As to the size of the original breed, I cannot 

 help thinking he was a much larger dog than is 

 seen nowadays. They have a dwarfed appearance ; 

 they are all ' little big 'uns/ and to obtain that 



