

KING CIIAllLKS SPANIELS. 



called " touch," as correctly as any of the boys who used to join in the 

 game, and on account of its small size and great agility was a more 

 formidable opponent than any of the human players. The same Dog carried 

 on a perpetual playful feud Avith the cat, each seeking for an o})})ortunity of 

 dealing a blow and of getting away as fast as possible. It was most absurd 

 to see the way in which the Dog would hide itself behind a door-step, a 

 scraper, a large stone, or under a thick shrub, and panthig with eager 

 expectations, watch the cat walking misuspiciously towards its ambush. As 

 the cat passed, out shot the Dog, tumbled pussy over, and made off at the 

 top of its speed, pursued by the cat in hot haste, all anxious to avenge 

 herself of the defeat. In these chases, the cat always used to run on three 

 legs, holding one paw from the ground as if to preserve its strength in 

 readiness for a severe application to the Dog's ears. 



•' Prince," for that was the name of this clever little animal, was an accom- 

 plished bird's-nester, seldom permitting a too-confiding blackbird or thrush to 

 build its hvmeneal home in the neishbom-hood without robbing it of its vari2:ated 



ici 



