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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



When public attention had been called to 

 them, as I cared for the breed only and 

 had no ambition to be known as a doggy 

 man, I joined, with a few of those interested 



in the breed, to 



form a club for 



the promotion of 



the interests of 



the White \\"est 



Highland Terrier. 



The photographs 



which accompany 



this chapter show the countess of 



the animal. aberdeens 



It is still to be CH. CROMAR SNOWFLAKE 

 found all along by morven — 

 the west coast of snowdrift. 

 Scotland. I have 



myself seen good specimens belonging t<i 

 Ross-shire, to Skye, and at Ballachulish 

 on Loch Leven, so that, as it is a 

 breed with a long pedigree and not 

 an invented breed of the present da\-, 

 I thought it right to dissociate it from 

 the name of Poltalloch ; but I find that 

 many, perhaps better judges than my- 

 self, think that that was a mistake, 

 because there are some who claim that 

 any white terrier born in the West High- 

 lands may be called a West Highland 



White Terrier, though not a Poltalloch 

 Terrier. 



I wish that I found it possible to gi\-e a 

 \"erbal description of what the type of the 

 dog should be, as I find my dogs constantly 

 judged by what is called the " Scottish " 

 terrier standard. 



I think, however, that the picture of 

 an Eleven of Scotland which accompanies 

 this chapter shows, to those who can see, 

 more than any number of definitions in 

 inches and tenths can explain. 



If anyone wishes to learn the peculiarities 

 of the breed as compared with the accepted 

 " Scottish " type, let him compare these 

 eleven dogs, all workers of one kennel, 

 with a good photo- 

 graph of a Scottish 

 Cliampion, say. He- 

 worth Rascal {sec p. 

 388) or Ems Cosmetic 

 (sci' p. 386) — though I 

 must remark that a 

 singularly long fore-leg 

 among the eleven is 

 due not to the dog, 

 but to photographic 

 distortion. From the 

 picture can be gath- 



COL MALCOLM'S DOICHIOLL II. 

 BY SAIGHDEAR SMEURACK. 



ered a very good idea of the general foxi- 

 ness of character — the straight-limbed, 

 rather long, rather low, acti\"c body, the 

 broad forehead, light muzzle and underjaw, 



