. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE SCOTTISH TERRIER. 385 assistance of our old friend the black and soi-disant wiseacre. All this is unques- tan wire-hau-ed terrier of England was tionably true, as far as it goes ; but there sought by a few astute people living prob- can be no doubt that originally there must ably not very far from Aberdeen. The have been some reason for the name. In writer feels the vials of the wrath of the a letter to th
. The new book of the dog; a comprehensive natural history of British dogs and their foreign relatives, with chapters on law, breeding, kennel management, and veterinary treatment. Dogs. THE SCOTTISH TERRIER. 385 assistance of our old friend the black and soi-disant wiseacre. All this is unques- tan wire-hau-ed terrier of England was tionably true, as far as it goes ; but there sought by a few astute people living prob- can be no doubt that originally there must ably not very far from Aberdeen. The have been some reason for the name. In writer feels the vials of the wrath of the a letter to the writer, Sir Paynton Pigott Scotsman, the hiss of his breath, the says, " Some people call them and ad\-er- hatred of his eye, and if it were not that they never do such a thing, he would add the curse of his lip ; but, for all of it, he is confident that he is right and whole-heartedly congratulates the gentlemen north of the Tweed on the animal they have produced. The Skye, the Dandie, the Wliite Scottish have no place in this chapter. Were it otherwise, no- thing would be easier than to unfold the method by which they have been begotten. There can, with regard at any rate to the two first mentioned, in all likeli- hood be no mistaking the breed or breeds which have been em- ployed for this purpose. Scottish Terriers frequently go by the name of Aberdeen Ter- riers—an appellation, it is true, usually heard only from the lips of people who do not know much about them. Mr. W. L. McCand- lish, one of the greatest living authorities on the breed, in an able treatise published some time back, tells us, in reference to this matter, that the terrier under notice went at different periods under the names of Highland, Cairn, Aberdeen, and Scotch ; that he is now known by the proud title of Scot- tish Terrier; and that " the only sur- viving trace of the differing nomen- clature is the title Aberdeen, which many people still regard as a different breed—a want of knowledg
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