Show ORIGIN OF A POPULAR DUG DOG ancestors ancestor of tho th wece ud by UK the ToH hunter of the highlands highland 1 la in ancient times each district in the highlands had bad its ito tod honter whose duty it was via to see ee care carefully tully that the them then flourishing firm arm of fox for otter anil and company did not do a too flourishing business in lamb or poultry some somei i 1 times these were of the lairds men sometimes they nvere gerej I 1 farmers and grazers glazers gra but always they were local dignitaries there was bon 1 or and considerable profit in their ot of 1 flee and in time it cameto came to be morel more or less hereditary their duty was simple they waged a war of extermination mi against the vermin which however was a very different matter from the good old english sport 0 of fox hunting bunting in the rough country borse bone and hound bound would have been worse woree than useless and reynard made his den in such rocky ground that he could not be dug out the sole solution was a dog small email enough io 0 o colaw the fox or otter or badger or wildcat into bis big lair strong enough to bring him out dead or alive and game gama enough to do both A dog developed from this no ne ees sity and that dogias dog wai the ancestor ol of the present day scottish Scotti ih terrier loutine lOut lne |