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Of Journey |
 Towards
the end of the reign of James the First of England and Sixth of
Scotland, we find him writing to Edinburgh to have half a dozen "earth
dogges or terrieres" sent carefully to France as a present.He directs
that they be got from Argyll, and sent over in two or more ships lest
they should get harm by the way. That was roughly three hundred years
ago, and the King most probably would not have so highly valued a newly
invented strain as he evidently did value the "terrieres" from Argyll.
 We may take it then that in 1600 the Argyllshire terriers were
considered to be the best in Scotland, and likely enough too, seeing the
almost boundless opportunities the county gives for the work of the
"earth dogges."
 Sir
Edward Landseer |
