In corroboration of my opinions as to the change of shape in the Dandie Dinmont, I insert, with the writer's kind permission, the following letter, published in The Field subsequently to the appearance of the article as reproduced above:

"To the Editor of The Field".

"Sib, - I have read with pleasure the notices of late in your paper about Dandie Dinmont terriers. The description by 'Stonehenge' of the original dogs agrees with what I recollect of them more than fifty years ago, and I have kept them ever since.

"My school vacations were spent at the house of a friend near Kelso, and there I made my first acquaintance with a Dandie, Matcham by name. He belonged to Lady Diana Scott, Rosebank, Kelso, and to the best of my recollection, in all respects resembled 'Stonehenge's description of the old kind; an active, well-proportioned dog, with small thin ears close to his cheeks, straight legs and good feet, well suited for a long day's work. Matcham was fond of fun. The first shot we fired at rabbits brought him up to us, and he rarely left the door until we returned to Edinburgh. 'Lady D------'s' coachman was very wrathful at the absence of the dog; but the sport he got with the lads was so much more to Matcham's taste than following the carriage, that he was little at Rosemount, and enjoyed the rabbit shooting as long as he could, returning home, where he lived a quiet and respectable life till the next year's holidays brought back his friends. Afterwards I had several of Mr. Davidson's breed given me by my friend; they were all much alike in shape, and very unlike the prize dog of the present day.

I was able to keep the old type, with fine eyes, small ears, and straight legs, until about fifteen years since; but the cross breed then came to me, and I have not been able to get back to what I consider the true one. I have seen partridges as well as ground game shot to a little pepper of the old sort; he pointed after a fashion, holding up his hind leg instead of a fore one. He was obedient to signs, and a wounded hare had little chance of escaping from him. He had a curious way of taking a wounded hare by the neck, and then lying on his breast close to the ground, and so avoiding the kicks of its hind feet. I suppose that was a natural habit in the breed, as I have seen a young Dandie treat the first cat he encountered in the same way - holding it by the neck and never rising off the ground so long as the cat lived. I think some of the prize dogs at a year old would find 'a cat on rabbits fed' as much as they were able for. The old kind had fine tempers, not much given to fight; but I have had two dogs killed stone dead, in a private battle, although they had never been allowed to fight when there was anyone at hand to separate them.

Having been so long in possession of Dandies, I was glad to see an accurate description of the old race, which to my mind were nicer dogs than what we see in the present long-eared, bent-legged prize ones. Indeed, the first time I saw them at a dog show the thought immediately occurred to me that these are not Dandies".

"Alex. J. Adie." "Rockville, Linlithgow".