Collie. 



DOMESTIC DOGS. 519 



A handsomer animal than the English sheep-dog is the Scotch 

 collie, which has the same mental characters, hut differs somewhat in 

 external form and coloration. This dog has the same sharp mu//le as its English 

 cousin, but a rather broader head, with a slight fall to the tips of the small ears. 

 The build of the body is rather light and elegant ; and the hair with which it is 

 clothed is long and woolly, and stands out evenly on all sides so as to form an 

 efficient protection from the extremes of climate to which the animal is exposed 

 in its native hills. The ruff on the neck is more developed than in the sheep- 

 dog, and indeed than in any other breed. The tail is very bushy, and is carried 

 with the tip elevated, so as to keep its long hairs free from the ground. In 



ROUGH-COATED COLLIES. 



the pure-bred animal there is a thick under-fur beneath the long hairs, and the 

 hind-legs should be quite free from any fringe of hair, although the fore-legs may have 

 a little fringe. The colour may be either black-and-tan, or either of these tints 

 alone, with a larger or smaller admixture of white ; but the black-and-tan appears 

 to be the most admired. The black is seldom very intense in tone, and the 

 tan has no tinge of the mahogany-red of the setter. The collie has been in- 

 troduced into England as a pet dog, and is often crossed with the black-and-tan 

 setter, so as to produce a breed which differs considerably from the original form 

 notably in the silky hair, without under-fur, and the long fringes on both fore 

 and hind-legs. In some parts of the Scottish Highlands, and likewise in the north 

 of England, there is a smaller and more slender variety known as the smooth collie. 

 This breed is characterised by the smooth coat of short and stiff hairs, which 



