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is only one son of Bobby (from Teddy's dam) in the 

 kennel, and a regular clinker for mischief, whose 

 chief amusement out at quarters was to hang on to 

 the pigs^ ears. Hence he came back in disgrace ; 

 but they soon " desired him vehc^mently^^ when the 

 rats increased and multiplied once more. 



Of course we were introduced in due form to 

 ^' Shammy by Sir George Douglases Pepper III., by 

 his Pepper II., by his Pepper I., by old Stoddart's 

 Dandie II., by his Dandie I., who was, perhaps, the 

 best dog of the breed that ever lived." He " has 

 always been hard wrought ;" but his sire did not die at 

 Springwood Park till he w^as upwards of 16, and Sham- 

 my looks wonderful for one only three years younger. 

 His sons Teddy of the wonderful jaw, and Tom, a 

 regular Yellow Dwarf, can scuffle along ten miles in 

 the hour, and have wind for a battle-royal at the end 

 of it. Any one w'ho dares to say that the Dandie is- 

 cross-bred, must gird up his loins then and there for 

 a vigorous course of polemics. Not only has the 

 Doctor looked into the whole thing in a most learned 

 note, but he can quote several lines from the Greek 

 poet Opianus, who flourished in the second century, 

 to prove that the '''crook-limbed and blackeyed'' 

 breed were natives of Britain at the time of the 

 Koman invasion. As for his rapture when he 

 looked on Land seer's otter and cub in the Bowhill 

 gallery, and recalled " the bonny beast" in the flesh, 

 and how he had " heard it whistling" to its mamma, 

 it was truly touching. His spirit has communicated 



