Identifier: landseercollecti00hurl (find matches)
Title: ... Landseer : a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May), 1863-1924 Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1878
Subjects: Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873 Horses
Publisher: Boston, Mass. New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries

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learns to knowevery individual member of the flock, so that if astraggler goes beyond bounds, he will reclaim it; ifan intruder enters he will drive it out. When theflock is to be led home, he gathers the scattered por-tions into a compact body and keeps them in theway. A sagacious dog belonging to Hogg onceamazed his master by gathering together a flock ofseven hundred lambs which had broken up at mid-night and scattered in three directions. The collie is fitted by nature with special qualifi-cations for his peculiar work. His neck is longand arched, that he may put his nose well to theground and stretch it when running. His halfpricked ears are the best possible for distinguishingsounds at a distance, and the part that falls over pro-tects the inner ear from the rain. His thick coatis proof against rain, snow, or wind, and the heavymane shields the most vulnerable part of his chest,like a natural lung protector. With bare hind legs,long and springy, he can make his way easily in the
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THE HIGHLAND SHEPHERDS CHIEF MOURNER 83 heather. The long, tapering muzzle gives a pecul-iarly intelligent look to the face. An authority ondogs says, There is, if the expression may be used,a philosophic look about him which shows thought,patience, energy, and vigilance. The shepherd and his dog are constant compan-ions from dawn to sunset, sharing the responsibili-ties of their charge. Common hardships seem toknit the friendship, and the tie between them is un-usually close. We can easily understand that afaithful dog deprived of his master would mournhim deeply. Such grief is the subject of our pic-ture, The Highland Shepherds Chief Mourner. An old shepherd living alone in his rude cottagehas thrown down his hat and staff for the last time.His neighbors have prepared his body for decentburial, the cof&n has been closed and nailed, andnow stands on the trestles ready for removal. Theshepherds plaid has been laid over it as a sort ofpall, and a bit of green is added by some rever

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