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amongst them. The black-and-tan Collie must be trained to do this, but the rough-coated 

 one must make a wide sweep, owing to the stump. Perhaps better proofs exist of its being 

 specially a sheep-dog, when we consider its aptitude for driving. Shepherds state that they 

 can safely trust 200 or 300 sheep to the sagacity of this valuable dog, which does not hurry or 

 push, but drives them as coolly and as cautiously as if its master were present. Another proof 

 is that it will not follow game. The black-and-tan Collie, if it sees a hare, will dart away after 



A SCOTCH BUB-TAILED SHEEP DOG. 



it at its utmost speed. Most dogs will do so ; but it is different with the rough-coated Collie. 

 If a hare start up amongst its feet, it will simply look after it with a scared-like look, and then 

 move on its way again." 



It will be obvious that Mr. Phillips in the above remarks uses the word "rough-coated" 

 in a sense different to that in which it is usually applied to the Collie. We reproduce 

 the engraving of a " rough-coated," bob-tailed " Collie," as described by him, and without 

 pledging ourselves to any particular details of his statement, can testify to having seen 

 dogs precisely resembling that here portrayed. The strong resemblance in many points 

 of the English bob-tailed dog is too striking to be accidental, and it is hardly likely that 

 there were two original types; but whether the northern or southern type was that original 

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