GROUP OF MR. A. G COWLEY'’S SCOTTISH TERRIERS, 
WITH THREE WHITE WEST HIGHLANDERS. 
CHAPTER XL. 
THE SCOTTISH TERRIER. 
BY WALTER S. GLYNN. 
“Tosh! Bogie man, haud off your haw’ ; 
Nor thrash me black and blue. 
Frae fools and foes I seek nae praise, 
But frien’s should aye be true. 
“Nae silky-haired admirer I 
O’ Bradford Toys, Strathbogie ; 
Sich thoughts, I’m sure cam’ in your head, 
While dribblin’ o'er the cogie. 
“T ken the Terrier o’ the North, 
I ken the towsy tyke— 
Ye'll search frae Tweed to Sussex’ shore, 
But never find his ltke. 
“For pluck and pith and jaws and teeth, 
And hair like heather cowes, 
W?’ body lang and low and strang, 
At hame in cairns or knowes. 
“ He'll face a foumart, draw a brock, 
Kill rats and whitteritts by the score, 
HE above lines are an excellent de- 
scription of the Scottish Terrier. 
They appear over the name of Dr. 
Gordon Stables in The Live Stock Journal 
He'll bang tod-lowrie frae his hole, 
Or slay him at his door. 
“Hell range for days and ne’er be tired, 
O’er mountain, moor, and fell ; 
Fair play, Pll back the brave wee chap 
To fecht the de’il himsel’. 
“And yet beneath his rugged coat 
A heart beats warm and true. 
He'll help to herd the sheep and kye, 
And mind the lammies too. 
“Then see him at the ingle side, 
W? bairnies roond him laughin’. 
Was ever dog sae pleased as he, 
Sae fond o& fun and daffin’ ? 
“But gie’s your hand, Strathbogie man ! 
Guid faith ! we maunna sever. 
Then ‘ Here’s to Scotia’s best 0’ dogs, 
Our towsy tyke for ever !’” 
of January 31st, 1879. At about this time 
a somewhat fierce and certainly most amus- 
ing controversy was going on as to whether 
or not there was such a thing as a pure- 
