Sheep, of the Cheviot breed mostly, are nearly the sole inhabitants and industrials of this mountainous waste.

Those varieties known as the "silver spangled" and the "gold spangled" are handsome enough to please the most fastidious; but the common black breed, with the bushy crown of white feathers, is but a plain bird.

Although the Durhams are remarkable for their large size and early maturity, yet other breeds are favorites with many farmers,such as the Devons, the Herefords, and the Holsteins, the first particularly,for working cattle, and for the quality of their beef.

Pony Queen, the former property of Sir Raymond Tyrwhitt Wilson, weighed under 3 lb., but the breed remains "toy" up to 15 lb.

Greek art presents many examples of a very small dog of Greyhound type, and there is a probability that the diminutive breed was a familiar ornament in the atrium of most Roman villas.

The half-breed was a sort of half fisherman and half hunter, excelling in nothing, unless it be that he was the laziest man this side of the Rocky Mountains.

THE ROMNEY MARSH BREED is a large animal, deep, close, and compact, with white face and legs, and yields a heavy fleece of a good staple quality.

The Leicestershire breed is the best example of this lymphatic and contented animal, and the active Orkney, who is half goat in his habits, of the restless and unprofitable.

"If it's possible for a half-breed to be an honest man, Don Hernando meets the bill," Adam remarked.

That the Skye Terrier should be called "the Heavenly Breed" is a tribute to the favour in which he is held by his admirers.

The formation of the Toy Spaniel Club in 1885, and the impetus given to breeders and exhibitors by the numerous shows with good classification, have caused this beautiful breed to become more popular year by year.

The little half-breed was a sturdy fellow, but he was starving too, and thought that he should be allowed to save himself.

Another somewhat similar breed is the Tazi.

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Mr. A. T. Williams has also owned a few noted trial winners, and from Scotland comes Mr. Isaac Sharpe, whose Gordon Setter, Stylish Ranger, has effectually put a stop to the silly argument that all this breed are old men's dogs.

Despite this absence of official recognition there is abundant evidence that a breed of Spaniels legitimately entitled to the designation of English Water Spaniels has been in existence for many years, in all probability a descendant of the old "Water-Dogge," an animal closely resembling the French "Barbet," the ancestor of the modern Poodle.

The breed, then, is of very considerable consequence in determining, not only the quality of the meat to the consumer, but its commercial value to the breeder and butcher. 846.

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* * Few to good-breeding make a just pretense; Good-breeding is the blossom of good-sense; The last result of an accomplished mind, With outward grace, the body's virtue, joined.

Breeding was the prime essential, but, with rare exceptions, must be backed by either birth or money.

Good-breeding is surface-Christianity.

The demand regulated the supply, and slave breeding became a most important feature in the system: thus the wants of the more southern States became regularly lessened by large drafts from Maryland, Kentucky, and Virginia.

Some years ago the breeding of mules for export was a recognized local concern, but this seems to have fallen into desuetude.

BREEDING OF CALVES.The forwarding of calves to maturity, whether intended to be reared for stock, or brought to an early market as veal, is always a subject of great importance, and requires a considerable amount of intelligence in the selection of the best course, to adopt for either end.

At the commencement of each season there is a market to which the wild hill Lolos bring countless tiny bamboo boxes, each containing a male and female insect, the breeding of which is their share in the industry.