THE SKYE TERRIER. 



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a descent from the island several generations back. My deci- 

 sion was mainly founded on the woolly coat, which I believed 

 then, and am since supported in that belief, to be by no means 

 typical, but rather the contrary : while viewing the breed as toys, 

 there can be no question that the straight and shining coat of 

 the modern strain is far more beautiful than the woolly, matted 

 coat of Major Irving's protege\ In the South of England, and 







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Skyea — Prick-eared and Drop-eared. 



notably in London, the former had long been considered to be the 

 correct one, and I had seen many splendid specimens imported 

 from Skye possessing it in a marked degree. Hence I acted on 

 my previous opinions, and consider that I was quite justified in 



