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turesque appearance, and make ideal companions for 

 either sex. Of course they are Scottish by birth and 

 origin, but, the more they are seen and known, the bet- 

 ter they will be liked, and they have been so much in- 

 troduced into England, and good specimens bought up, 

 that, at one time, even if not now, there were more good 

 ones in England than could be met with in any part of 

 Scotland. There are only supposed to be two colours 

 allowed in Dandies, " Pepper," which is a sort of pep- 

 per and salt, composed of light and dark bluish greys, 

 with topknots of silvery white, and " Mustard," which 

 is a kind of pale yellowish fawn, darker on the neck 

 and back than below, and also with a light silvery top- 

 knot. A Dandie of high class, of either colour, shown 

 in good coat and form, is a very beautiful little dog, 

 and fit company for the highest in the land, and, as I 

 said of the last breed I mentioned, may be seen in the 

 possession of all classes. I am not quite certain whether 

 Her Majesty the Queen continues to keep the breed. I 

 do not remember seeing any at Windsor, but I know 

 that in the lifetime of the late lamented Prince Consort, 

 there were Dandies and Skyes amongst the royal pets. 

 Where a person desires to keep but one dog, and wishes 

 to make a friend and companion of it, I do not think 

 that they could improve upon a Dandie, as they make 

 incomparable house dogs. I am speaking from a long 

 and intimate experience of them, as I have bred, owned, 

 shown and judged hundreds of them, and I have rarely 

 found any, who have kept them, but speak in the high- 

 est terms of their many charming qualities, and con- 

 tinue to take an interest in the breed, perhaps, long after 



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