Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . should be made to the article Wool,,and for sheep diseases to the articles on Anthrax,Rot, Braxy, Fluke, Foot-rot, Murrain, Smallpox,Sturdy, &c. See works by G. S. Heatlev ( l^fi-t),C. Scott (1886), J. H. Steel {Disatsrx, 1800);Ste]ibens, Book of fhc Fonn (new ed. by ,Mac-<lonald, 1889); Wallace, Fanii Liir-sfock of GreatHntain (1885; new ed. 1880), an<l liiiral Kcoiiomyand Agriculture of New Zealand and Anxtralia(1891). Shocp-dog, a name which often includes theScottish Collie (), but which is mcne iiro])er
Chambers's encyclopaedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . should be made to the article Wool,,and for sheep diseases to the articles on Anthrax,Rot, Braxy, Fluke, Foot-rot, Murrain, Smallpox,Sturdy, &c. See works by G. S. Heatlev ( l^fi-t),C. Scott (1886), J. H. Steel {Disatsrx, 1800);Ste]ibens, Book of fhc Fonn (new ed. by ,Mac-<lonald, 1889); Wallace, Fanii Liir-sfock of GreatHntain (1885; new ed. 1880), an<l liiiral Kcoiiomyand Agriculture of New Zealand and Anxtralia(1891). Shocp-dog, a name which often includes theScottish Collie (), but which is mcne iiro])erlyapplied to the English drovers dog. The Sheep-dogor Smooth-coated Collie performs the same workfor the .south-country sheplierd as the rough-coatedfor the northern one. The sheep-dog is built on moresturdy and powerful lines than the collie, but hicksthe S])eed of the latter. His coat is short, thick,and wiry ; and he is not .so graceful as the collie,though possibly quite as useful. Another variety ofthe sheeii-dog is the Bob-tailed or Moorland ]!ob tailed Sheep-Jog, \V;Jl-cyod Bub.(From a Iliotograpli by Oaniliicr Dnltoli, ) When the game-laws were more stringent farmerswere only allowed to keep a dog with a dockedtail, the current belief being that hares cannot becoursed with success by dogs with ilocked treatment longcontinueil is sometimes alleged(tlnrngh doubtfully) to have made the short tailhereditary. The Ixdi-tailed collie has a long,shaggy, and curly coat over body, legs, and colour is generally a gray or grizzle. As acattle-ilog he snrpa,sses the other varieties, and isalso often used for .sheep. Slifeii-Ioiise, or Sheep-tick, or (in Scollaml)Kaih [Mclophdijus ), an insect of the familyHippobosciihi, to whi<h also the Forest Fly belongs,ranked in the order Diptera, although in this genusthe wings are cimi]iletely wanting. It lives amongthe wool of shee]), particularly of lambs, suckingthe blood of the animal, and is mo
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