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CARNIVORES 



the form of the head, which should be long and rather narrow, without any 

 wrinkles or hollow between the eyes. When uncut, the ears should be small, 

 filbert-shaped, and lyincr close to the head : without any fringe of hair, and rather 



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WELSH TERRIERS (J nat. slze). 



Skye Terrier. 



darker in colour than the head. The small eyes should be hazel, and the nose 

 black. The rough terriers, figured in the illustration, belong to a breed known as 

 the Welsh terrier. 



Very different to either of the above is the long-bodied, short- 

 legged, and long-haired Skye terrier, of which there are two distinct 

 breeds, distinguished by the form of their eai's and the proportionate length of 

 the body. The first of these is the drop-eared or .smooth Skye, in which the eai-s 

 are pendent, and the body almost or quite as long proportionately as in the 

 dachshund : the length of the animal, from the tip of the nose to the end of the 

 tail, being in perfect specimens as much as three and a half times the height. The 

 coat should nearly touch the ground, and almost conceal the shape of the body ; 

 the long hair being straight, coarse, and shiny, and naturally parting down the 

 middle of the back, while beneath this there is a thick, woolly under-fur. The 

 most approved colours are " blue," black, or grizzle, next to which comes silver- 

 grey with the hairs tipped with brown, and then fa^vn with the tips of the haii-s 



