Show ORIGIN OF A POPULAR DOG ancestors of the scottish terrier were used by the Tod hunters of the tha highlands in ancient times each district in the highlands had its whose daty it was to see carefully that the then nourishing flourishing firm ot of fox otter and company did not do a too flourishing business in fix lamb or poultry sometimes these tod hunters were of 0 the lairds men sometimes they were farmers aud and grazers glazers gra but always they were local dignitaries there was honor and considerable profit in their office and in time it came to be more or less hereditary heredi bary their duty was simple they waged a war of 0 extermination mi nation against the vermin which however was as a very different matter from the good old english sport of fox hunting la in the rough country horse and hound would have been worse than useless and reynard made his hig den in such rocky ground that he could not be dug out the sole solution was a dog small enough to bolow the fox or otter or badger or wildcat into his lair jair strong enough to bring him out dead or alive and game enough to do both A dog developed from this necessity ces sity and that dog was the ancestor 0 of the present day scottish terrier outing |