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one dog and one bitch in a kennel, but sometimes a dog and two bitches if very 

 harmonious. The first I had worried, many years ago, was a beautiful little 

 fellow 141b. weight, bred by Mr. Kerss (Bowhill), from a sister of Stoddart's 

 old Dandie and his own old Pepper. He was killed in the night time by another of 

 my dogs, to my great annoyance. When I mentioned the circumstance to Mr. 

 Kerss, he informed me that during the time the little animal belonged to 

 him he had worried some of his, amongst the number a Newfoundland pup six 

 months old. Yet it is by no means always the most excitable and pugnacious 

 animal that stands the severe test, viz., to face alone two badgers at once, and 

 fasten upon one of them whilst the other in turn attacks him, as I have known 

 very many do. For my part, I prefer the dog who encounters his. antagonist 

 coolly and without any fuss. 



" In conclusion, I annex a list of the kennels I purchased, viz., that of Mr. Somner 

 (including his crack dog Shem), those of Messrs. Purves, Frain, M'Dougald (inclu- 

 ding his famous Old Mayday), J. Stoddart (who sold to me his celebrated Old 

 Dandie), and many other Dandies from Mr. Milne, of Faldonside, bred from his 

 famous Old Jenny, from Mr. Jas. Kerss (Bowhill), and likewise from the Haining, 

 near Selkirk. From these ancestors my dogs are purely and lineally descended. 



" Apologising for having occupied so much of your columns, 



"E. BKADSHA.W SMITH." 



" Zurich, Switzerland, November, 1877. 



The accepted history of the Dandie is on this wise. Early in the present 

 century a Scottish tenant farmer named Davidson, possessed a breed of terriers 

 for which he was so famous, that Sir Walter Scott introduced him into " Guy 

 Mannering," under the name of Dandie Dinmont, and as a consequence he and his 

 dogs became celebrated wherever the English language was spoken, and the 

 terriers were henceforward known by the name assumed in the novel. Davidson 

 and his neighbour, Mr. Somner, of West Morriston, near Kelso, bred great numbers 

 of Dandies to meet the demand created by Scott and the breed gradually spread, 

 the Duke of Buccleuch and Sir Gr. Douglas adding to their prestige by each 

 obtaining a supply, which they kept up for some years in great purity. Mr. Stoddart, 

 of Selkirk ; Mr. Milne, of Faldonside ; Mr. Frain, of the Trews : Mr. M'Dougall, 

 of Cessford ; Mr. Nisbit, of Rumbleton ; Dr. Brown, of Melrose ; Mr. Hugh Purvis, 

 of Leaderfoot ; Mr. Aitken, of Edinburgh ; Mr. N. Milne, of Faldonside ; and 

 last, but not least, Mr. Bradshaw Smith, of Ecclefechan, also obtained the 

 breed ; and to one or other of these several kennels, all the dogs of the present 

 day possessed of a pedigree trace their descent. Mr. Bradshaw Smith bought 

 most of his dogs from Mr. Somner about thirty-five years ago, in consequence 

 of the latter exchanging country for a town life, the list of kennels purchased 

 being given above by himself. These several strains, crossed with great care by 

 Mr. Bradshaw Smith, have kept him " at the head of the poll " for many years, 

 and " from Mr. Bradshaw Smith's kennel " is always a certificate of high merit. 



In order to set at rest the contested points of this breed, a club was established 



