I02 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 



The body is shorter by fully one-fourth, the proportions being 

 to height in this variety as barely three to one. 



The coat is rougher, that is to say, it does not lie so smoothly, 

 and it does not part naturally down the back, as is the case with 

 the drop-ear. 



The ears are large, pointed, and erect, with a good deal of hair 

 on them, ending in a lynx-like tuft on their tips, which is pecu- 

 liar to this breed of dogs. They should stand straight up without 

 any outward inclination. The rest of the leather is covered with 

 short hair, rather silky than hard. 



The colours are generally dark grizzle or badger brown, with 

 the tips of the ears approaching to black. Sometimes a reddish 

 fawn with darker tips is met with, but it is not so much ap- 

 proved of. 



XV.— THE DANDIE DINMONT TERRIER. 



Almost all well-known breeds have altered in appearance more 

 or less within the half-century during which I have been con- 

 versant with them, but in no one instance have I seen such 

 fluctuations in shape as in the subject of the present article. 

 From the evidence afforded by Landseer's well-known accuracy, 

 the original possessed by Sir "Walter Scott was a long, low, little 

 dog, of a purely terrier type, and with small terrier ears, falling 

 like those of the fox-terrier, though somewhat larger in leather. 

 The chest is by no means wide, and there is very little to remark 

 on as typical of the breed. There is certainly a slight top-knot, 

 but there is no approach to the modern development, which now 

 almost equals that of the Irish water- spaniel. An exact counter- 

 part of Landseer's embodiment is familiar to my memory as 

 belonging to a friend of mine forty-four years ago, and the dog 



