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iron and steel. The breed is divided into two varieties, 

 principally distinguished by the carriage of their ears, 

 and known as " Dropeared " and " Prickeared;" in the 

 former, the ears being rather large and pendulous to 

 the sides of the head, and in the latter, the ears are car- 

 ried as by the Pomeranians; each variety has its ad- 

 mirers, and some, as I have done, keep both sorts, but 

 I think there are many more prickeared to be seen, than 

 dropeared. These dogs are more active, intelligent 

 and courageous than would be supposed from their ap- 

 pearance, and form strong attachments to their owners. 

 Owing to the unsatisfactory management of one, and 

 the dissolution of the other, of the clubs, founded many 

 years since in Scotland, and England, for the encour- 

 agement of this breed (which is another of those either 

 still, or formerly, favoured by royal patronage, both at 

 Windsor and Sandringham), things have not been 

 going on swimmingly, for some years past, in the Skye 

 world, but I know there are a few zealous breeders still 

 " pegging away " with their kennels, and I am in hopes 

 the interests and fortunes of the breed will be again 

 revived, and some more specimens brought forward, as 

 good, or better, than any seen in the past. The greatest 

 fault I find with nearly all the best specimens brought 

 out of late years, is their size, as in my opinion, and I 

 have probably seen all the best brought out during the 

 last twenty-five years, their weight should not exceed 

 twenty-five pounds, even with dogs, and with bitches 

 two or three pounds less, with preference for small, 

 good ones, long, low, hard in coat, strong in bone, and 

 muzzle, and not toys. With proper care and attention, 



