The eyes are pretty close together, being set well forward and at an oblique angle, as, indeed, the eyes of all breeds are, more or less, although in most not so pronounced as in the colley. The colour varies with the colour of the coat, but generally some shade of brown. Those with a good deal of white have generally the lightest eyes.

With the ear, the large drooping or "saddle-flap" style is almost a certain indication of impurity, and if there is a silky fringe to it a setter cross may be pretty safely inferred. I have seen colleys of undoubted purity with prick ears, but they are not a nice feature. The ear that is thrown back, with its tip embedded in the thick frill as the dog scampers about or comes bounding towards you in his pleasure, and is seen immediately to be at half cock, that is, pricked up when he is on the qui vive is the one to be desired. It drops when the dog is still.

In a rough-coated dog the shoulder must be felt to know what it is, but it can be pretty well judged of by the dog's action - a stiff stilted movement betrays a straight and useless shoulder; it should slope well, and be well clothed with elastic muscle.

The chest is deep; a wide one throws the elbows out, and indicates too slow and laboured a pace. On the other hand, if the depth is exaggerated the dog will catch, a bump on hags and tussocks as he runs over rough ground.

The back is decidedly long and strong, but supple; the fore ribs deep, and not too much rounded; the back ribs rather shallow, but not so much so as to cause the dog to be greatly tucked up in the flank. In i;his there should be a happy medium between the greyhound form and the square built mastiff. The loin is slightly arched, and from the hip bones there is a gradual droop to the set on of tail.

The forelegs straight and muscular, strong forearm, elbow in a line with the body and well let down; hind legs well bent, strong and muscular thighs; sickle hocks; from the hock-joint there should be no feathering, in strong contrast to the hams above, where the feathering is very abundant; the feet are not quite round, like a cat's, neither are they long, like an English terrier's, but between the two; the knuckles are well sprung, the claws strong, and the pads hard and useful.

The coat is of the greatest importance, and one of the great characteristics of the breed. It consists of an outer long comparatively thin lot of hair, of hard, useful texture, and an under jacket of very thick, close, soft hair, quite of a woolly texture, and in black dogs always of a fulvous colour, which is frequently seen through the outer ~thin covering. The two combined are impermeable to rain, and even to Scotch mist of any ordinary or reasonable sort, and this, for a dog that has to be constantly running through long grass, brackens, rushes, and heather, or lying curled up in a snow wreath, or by a wet dyke side, is of the utmost importance. In winter, with alternate snow, rain, and frost, a very long coat is objectionable, as it gets matted with mud and balls of snow, and makes travelling almost impossible for him. On the jaws, face, skull, and on the entire front and inside of legs, the hair is short and smooth, but from the angle of the jaw and round immediately at the back of the occiput it is very long, and round the throat turns upwards and forwards So thick and long is it round the neck and throat as to form a decided frill or ruff, and this I hear called "the mane " and "the apron," both terms inappropriate and as purely fanciful as ridiculous.

If our modern dog fanciers must turn word coiners, they should become more expert at it before thrusting their manufacture on the public. On the whole of the body the coat stands well out, because of the abundance of undercoat, although the whole presents a level and flat appearance at a little distance. The hair on the hams and tail is very abundant, quite a contrast to the fine thin fringe that adorns these parts of the setter.

I believe black and white, with more or less of tan, to be the predominating colour, and not black and tan, as has been so often insisted on in recent years. All black, black and tan, black and white without tan, red and white, red tawny grizzled, and beautiful blue-grey and white mottle or mirled, I have seen, and it must always be a matter of taste which is preferred. I like the tricoloured best, and do not object to a good dash of white. If there is much white it is sure to appear on the collar, the feet, and lower legs and the tip of the tail.

The tail should not be set on too high; it should be of fair length, not quite equal to the dog's height at shoulder, and be ornamented with abundance of feathering, thick, and of good length. When the dog stands quiet, it "hangs ower his hindies wi' a swirl;" when galloping it is carried nearly straight out; and when he greets his fellows and takes the measure of a stranger his flag is up, his colours are displayed, for no recreant coward is he, but as fond of a free fight as an Irishman. Has he not made the expressive word "Collieshangie," my masters? Although carried well up and curved, not stuck up like a mop handle, it is never curled over the back a la Pomeranian.

Among the best rough-coated colleys I have seen shown are, Mr. Skinner's Vero, Mr. W. W. Thomson's Moss, Mr. S. E. Shirley's Tricolour, Mr. Ashwin's Cocksie, Mr. Cope's Time, Mr. Wildman's Marcus, Lad o' Kyle, and old Hero, whose present owner I do not know. There are, of course, many others well worth mention, for the classes are rapidly rising in quality at our best shows. In bitches I have seen nothing I liked so well as Hornpipe and Bess.

The following are measurements of celebrated Colleys:

Mr. W. A. Walker's (Warwick) Scott (5424): Age, 3 years and 10 months; height at shoulder, 24in.; length of nose to set on of tail, 42in.; length of tail, 20in.; girth of chest, 28in.; girth of loin, 22½in.; girth of head, 17½in.; girth of forearm, 7½in.; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 11in.; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 9in.

Mr. W. A. Walker's (Warwick) Colley bitch: Age, 2 years 1 month; height at shoulder, 21½in.; length of nose to set on of tail, 37in.; length of tail, 19in.; girth of chest, 26in.; girth of loin, 20in.; girth of head, 15in.; girth of forearm, 7¼in.; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, l0¼in.; girth of muzzle, midway between eyes and tip of nose, 8in.

Mr. Ashwin's Cocksie: Age, 3 years; weight, 491b.; height at shoulder, 21½in.; length from nose to set on of tail, 37in.; length of tail, 17in.; girth of chest, 26in.; girth of loin, 21in.; girth of head, 13in.; girth of forearm, 6in.; girth of head from occiput to tip of nose, 9½in.; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 7½in.

Mr. E. I. H. Price's Gather: Age, 10 years; weight, 541b.; height at shoulder, 22½in.; length from nose to set on of tail, 42in.; length of tail, 14in.; girth of chest, 27in.; girth of loin, 20in.; girth of head, 15in.; girth of forearm, 7iin.; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 10½in.; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 8in.

Dr. James's Carlyle: Age, 5 years; weight, 571b.; height at shoulder, 21in.; length from nose to set on of tail, 36in.; length of tail, 18in.; girth of chest, 30in.; girth of loin, 24in.; girth of head, 15½in.; girth of forearm, 7in.; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 11in.; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 8in.