604 MODERN FARRIER. 



tvveen November 11th and August 24th, or to be 

 of less weight than one pound. 



CURIOUS ANECDOTES. 



Before giving some remarkable sporting anecdotes, 

 we will relate a few well authenticated stories of the 

 sagacity and fidelity of the dog, the pleasing and 

 necessary companion of all sportsmen. 



The following anecdote, recorded by the late Mr. 

 C. Dibdin, affords a striking instance of the attach- 

 ment of a dog: — 



* A gentleman, who had a dog of a most endear- 

 ing disposition, had an occupation which obliged 

 him to go a journey periodically, about once a month. 

 His stay was short, and his departure and return 

 regular, and without variation. The dog always 

 grew uneasy when first he lost his master, and 

 moped in a corner, but recovered himself gradually 

 as the time for his return approached. \V^hen he 

 was convinced that his master was on the road, at 

 no great distance from home, he flew all over the 

 house, and if the street door happened to be shut 

 he would suffer no servant to have any rest till it 

 was opened. The moment he obtained his freedom, 

 away he went, and, to a certainty, met his bene- 

 factor about two miles from town. He played and 

 frolicked about him till he obtained one of his gloves, 

 with which he ran, or rather flew home, entered the 

 house, laid it down in the middle of the room, and 

 danced round it. When he had sufficiently amused 

 himself in this manner, out of the house he flew, re- 

 turned to meet his master, and ran before him, or 

 gambolled by his side till he arrived with him home. 

 This lasted till the old gentleman grew infirm, and 

 incapable of continuing his journies. The dog, by 



