conformation. The rough coat would be Nature's method of 

 compensating for the rigours of climate. 



The Scottie is a stout hearted little fellow with plenty of 

 pugnacity, qualities which stand him in good stead when, in his 

 native land, he is asked to turn the fox out of his lair in the rocks. 

 The task is' not always easy, but the labour in which he delights 

 physics pain, and he proceeds with zest to bring Reynard to his 

 master's gun, for in Scotland vulpicide is no sin. In the rough 

 country hounds are useless, and foxes are to be kept under or they 

 will become a nuisance. In the South we have no better occupation 

 for this solemn looking little man than to win prizes for us on the 

 show bench, or to act as a companion for us in our homes and on 

 our walks. This he does with much fidelity, winning his way into 

 our hearts by his pleasing manners. In habits he has a good deal 

 of independence, which calls for care in his early training if we 

 would have him all an inmate of the house should be. He has the 

 merit, too, of attaching himself exclusively to master or mistress, 

 without the spaniel-like fawning upon strangers which may at times 

 be very provoking. 



English folk are very acquisitive, annexing dogs from all parts 

 of the habitable globe. Why they should have been so long in 

 finding out the Scottish terrier is one of those things which cannot 

 well be explained, and when they did decree that he was worthy of 



