SHEEP DOGS. 



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The Scotch collie is a wolfish-looking dog, 

 with semi-erect ears and pointed nose. If you 

 notice one running after a trap, when he gets a 

 bit tired and inclined to lag behind, all his 

 attitudes, paces, looks, the position of head and 



SCOTCH COLLIE. 



ears, are very like the pictures we see of wolves 

 when they are hunting in packs. 



In consequence of the sheep dogs being all 

 day, and perhaps all night, with their masters, 

 who know their own minds and see that what 

 they say is carried out, they have developed 

 remarkable intelligence. Every word, look, and 

 gesture of their master is understood and obeyed. 



