Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.

Without the shepherd's dog, the whole of the open mountainous land in Scotland would not be worth a sixpence.

Believe me, this country [Florida] has been greatly overrated. One acre of our fine Tennessee land is worth a thousand here.

We know that sometime in the future that land is probably going to be worth more than that, ... We tried to cut them a good deal.

He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but as soon as he discovered it was his duty to do so I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions.

He had one uniform practice, and a very bad one it was, during the time of family worship, and just three or four seconds before the conclusion of the prayer, he started to his feet, and ran barking round the apartment like a crazed beast.