. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. THE DOG 27 often touches the ground. This hair, which is rough and bristhng, is sometimes five and one- half inches long. The hair of the head is shorter and softer than that of the body. There are Skyes with erect ears and Skyes with pendent old race of bulldogs found in England, and which also existed in (ierniany in times gone by. They were used as butchers' dogs, to guard and dri\-e cattle, and also as watchdogs. The old engra\'ings of Kidmge
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. THE DOG 27 often touches the ground. This hair, which is rough and bristhng, is sometimes five and one- half inches long. The hair of the head is shorter and softer than that of the body. There are Skyes with erect ears and Skyes with pendent old race of bulldogs found in England, and which also existed in (ierniany in times gone by. They were used as butchers' dogs, to guard and dri\-e cattle, and also as watchdogs. The old engra\'ings of Kidmger give a good. A Vi:\\' Prize TioxEKS ears. Their color varies from a dark blue gray to a tawny gray with black points. The Dandie Dinmont terrier completes the Scotch trio. His name is well known to those who are familiar with the no\-els of Walter Scott. If any one, by chance, has forgotten him, he may open G/n' Manncring and turn to the energetic character of farmer Dinmont. It is said that Scott reproduced in hmi a cer- tain Davidson of Hindlee, who had some little pepper-and-salt dogs, two of which, named Pep- per and Mustard, were the progenitors of the Dandie Dinmont breed. The present weight of these terriers should be about or eighteen pounds. The long hair of the animal ought to have certain characteristics; there should be a of soft hair and stiff hair, but neither should be wiry nor silky. It is not quite so long as in other Scotch terriers and is rather shiny on the head. They are lithe dogs, solidly built, low on the front legs, the tail rather thick, being wide at the roots and tapering to a point. The boxers. We can study in the Old World without having anything to do with the Chinese. By boxers is meant a collection of dogs which differ very much in form and color, but yet are very closely related to an idea of them. Here and there in the north of Germany and also in Wiirttemberg there still exist traces of this original species, which
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