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It is tolerably good tempered towards its master and family, but 

 generally an annoyance to every one else, by barking and 

 assuming a threatening attitude, and yet frequently without the 

 courage to make an attack even on a proper occasion. 



THE SHEPHERD'S Doo, OR COLLEY. 



The height of the sheep-dog is generally about fifteen inches, 

 and its colour is chiefly black or dark grey. 



He is of all dogs the most intelligent and faithful, and at the 

 same time the most useful. In the wild and mountainous parts 

 of Scotland and Wales, more particularly, must we look for 

 proofs of his invaluable services, There we shall find him left 

 in care of hundreds of sheep, and displaying the greatest activity, 

 vigilance, and courage in minding his charge. 



Some of these dogs possess the faculty of discovering by the 

 smell any sheep which may have had the misfortune to be over- 

 blown by the snow, in which scores of them are frequently 

 buried to a depth of several feet in a very few hours after the 

 snow has commenced. When the dog is used for this purpose 

 he is called a sheep -setter, or sheep -finder, A sheep- setter, 

 named Corby, was so celebrated in Scotland, where he practised 

 his vocation for many years with wonderful success, that his 

 owner was frequently requested to lend him to the sheep-farmers 



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