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BY SAMUEL HANNAFORD, ESQ., JUN. 



Anecdotes of Dofjs. — A former residing near Worksop, Nottinghamshire, 

 had a dog which had formerly been the property of a carrier, and in the 

 habit of accompanying his master to market with the cart, every Saturday; 

 but, although he had changed masters, he did not forget his old habits; and 

 every Friday night, started off to the carrier's residence, to accompany him 

 on the Saturday. He always returned home on Sunday morning, and generally 

 brought something in his mouth, as if to satisfy his master as to the cause 

 of his absence. 



A friend of mine has a Spaniel in the habit of accompanying him in his 

 daily walk; on Sunday mornings, however, as soon as the bell commences for 

 service, the Dog goes to his master's room, and there remains under the bed, 

 until his return from church. 



A Spaniel suckling a Kitten. — I had a Spaniel bitch, which, with her pups, 

 was confined in the same apartment with a Cat and her Kitten. The Cat 

 having absented herself one day rather longer than usual, the Kitten sucked 

 the bitch, which was sleeping at the time; to this she quietly submitted: 

 and a friend here in Yorkshire, tells me he reared two Rabbits taken from 

 a plantation adjoining his house, under a Cat, which tended them with care, 

 and apparent fondness. 



Anecdote of a Sat, (Mus decumanus.) — A relative of mine placed a rush- 

 light in a basin, on a chair, in the middle of his bed-room, and was awoke 

 in the night, by a great noise; on turning out, he found that a Rat had 

 dragged the rush-light, which remained lighted, from the candlestick, under 

 the bed to his hole, and had already got a portion into it. They are often 

 so voracious, as to devour one of their own species which has been caught in 

 a trap; as I have proved very lately. 



On a Water Bat, (Arvieola aniphibius.) — The tide happening to overflow the 

 banks of the River Dart, in Devonshire, I saw a Water Rat convey its 

 young, one by one, to a place of security, squealing piteously all the while. 



On Mice. — All the Crocus roots in our garden have been-^destroyed by Mice, 

 this winter, (I80O-I.) They appear to have dug down to the very root, as 

 if that was the favourite part; leaving the flower and stem untouched. I 

 have found, on dissection, the remains of the lower part of the stem undigested. 



Goshawk, (Falco palumbarius.) — Since reading in ^^Morris's British Birds," 

 page 136, that there is but one occurrence of this bird on record in Yorkshire, 

 I have made numerous inquiries on the subject. Several persons have told me 

 of having seen them, and of their breeding in this neighbom-hood, but I could 

 place little reliance on their statements. To-day, however, I was informed by 



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