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caught, and killed the hare, and returned with it 

 in his mouth to the wall. When there, he made 

 some attempts to leap it, but failed. He then 

 poked the hare through one of the holes with his 

 nose as far as he could, jumped over the wall, 

 went to the hole, and brought the hare to his 

 master. 



In Cumberland there are very extensive and 

 high hills, on which numerous flocks of sheep 

 depasture, and which at a distance look like 

 little white specks. A shepherd will stand at 

 the bottom of one of these hills, and send his 

 dog up in the evening to collect his flock. This 

 the dog will do by selecting the sheep from the 

 different flocks, and bringing them down to his 

 master, there being seldom one missing. Should 

 there, however, happen to be one, the dog is 

 sent back, and never fails to return with the pro- 

 per sheep. I have watched this proceeding, and 

 it has always appeared to me most wonderful 

 that, in a flock consisting probably of some hun- 

 dreds, mixed with several others, a poor dog 

 should be able to distinguish each one of his 

 master's sheep. A caress on the head, or a 

 kind word, seemed sufficient to repay him for all 

 his trouble. He will return at night to his 



