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PASTORAL DOGS, ETC. 



work, such as is required for the shepherd's purposes, he is untir- 

 ing, and will go on until utterly exhausted. 



No other dog in this country is so constantly with his master en- 

 gaged in his proper calling taking the breed as a whole. Occa- 

 sionally, it is true, pet dogs are as much so, bat by no means uni- 

 versally, n^r are they even then so frequently employed in carry 

 inj oat their master's orders. This naturally increases the intelli 

 gence of each individual and reacts oa the whole bivcd; so that, 

 independently of the constantly weeding out of puppies rendered 



Fig. 33. SCOTCH COLLET DOG, TOM RIDLEY. 



useless from a w^nt of intelligence, the superiority of the whole 

 variety in mental attributes is easily accounted for. For the same 

 reason, when the pet colley gets old and is submitted to the rebuffs 

 of children or strangers, he is apt to become crusty in temper, and 

 sometimes even savage ; but he is always most affectionate to his 

 master, and no dog seems to be more sincerely repentant when he 

 has done wrong. 



Within the last ten years the colley has become very fashionable 

 as a pet, and his market price has risen from $15 to $150, or even 



