HITTRAL HISTORY OP THE DOG. 



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THE SCOTCH TERRIER. 



>" nere are two varieties of the common Scotch Terrier. 

 One which stands rather high on his legs, is usually of a 

 sandy-red color, and very strongly made he stands about 

 eighteen or twenty inches in height, and is commonly called 

 the " Highland terrier." The other is lower, long-backed, 

 and short-legged ; hair more wiry, but not so long as in the 

 former ; mouth also not so broad, and muzzle longer. This 

 latter variety is the dog celebrated by Sir W. Scott as the 

 Pepper and Mustard, or Dandie Dinmont breed. Francis Car- 

 ter, Esq., the same gentleman of whom I have already spo- 

 ken as possessing the deerhouncls, has a pair of beautiful lit- 

 tle Dinmont terriers about the best, the dog especially, that 

 I have ever seen. 



THE SKYE TERRIER, 



So called from its being found in greatest perfection in the 

 Western Isles of Scotland, and the Isle of Skye in par- 



ticular, somewhat resembles the preceding, but is even 

 longer in the body, lower on the legs, and is covered with 

 very long, but not coarse hair ; its ears are erect, and tufted 

 at the extremities. All the Scotch terriers are "varmint" 

 in the extreme, and are on this account great favorites with 

 young gentlemen when home for the holidays, being equalled 

 by no other breed of dog in the ardor with which they hunt 

 <md destroy the rat, cat, weasel in short, every thing that has 



