THE SCOTTISH TERRIER. 1 3 



suited for hunting cairns, or going to ground after vermin, as the High- 

 land terrier, and consequently were seldom met with out of the Lowlands. 

 While possessing all the good qualities of terriers generally, their one 

 great distinguishing character was their undying affection for their 

 master. . . . 



" The breed is now extinct in Scotland. wSome years ago we 

 endeavored to ascertain whether any of the old breed were still extant ; 

 but we only came across two very old dogs, one of which was blind. 

 Both have since joined their predecessors. Those who take an interest 

 in the old breed, may find their counterpart in the Irish terrier, which is 

 very highly spoken of as a sportsman's dog and companion." 



Previous to 1879, the type of terrier now recognized as 

 the Scottish terrier was comparatively unknown. This is not 

 surprising, when we recollect that they were in the hands of 

 sportsmen, fox-hunters, game-keeps and crofters living in 

 remote parts of the Highlands and islands of Scotland, far 

 removed from the influence of dog show^s, and having little 

 communication with the world. Many families in the High- 

 lands seem to have had a strain of their own, of which they 

 were proud on account of their gameness and pluck. This 

 breed was first made prominent and popular over the border 

 by Messrs. Ludlow and Blomfield, in 1883. 



Mr. Rawdon B. Lee says, in his book, "Modern Dogs" 

 (Terriers), Chap. XL : 



" From what I have been told, and from what I have read, I believe 

 that this little dog is the oldest variety of the canine race indigenous to 

 North Britain, although but a comparatively recent introduction across 

 the border and into fashionable society, — at any rate, under his present 

 name. 



" For generations he had been a popular dog in the Highlands, 

 where, strangely enough, he was always known as the Skye terrier, 



