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liad in captivity, besides a perfect host of the more 

 commonly domesticated dogs and cats. 



The history of several of these is given in 

 "Petland," and " Petland Kevisited." There is the 

 account of "Apollo" the bull-dog, as ugly and un- 

 prepossessing a dog as ever lived, in the eyes of the 

 unprejudiced beholder ; but a pleasant, good-tempered 

 beast withal, and one whose fidelity and obedience were 

 something marvellous to witness. My father had him 

 from the veriest puppy, and trained him carefully him- 

 self ; and the dog well repaid the care which was- 

 bestowed upon him. He would even give up a bone at 

 the word of command a very unusual concession upon 

 the part of a bull-dog and was as tractable a creature 

 with those whom he knew as anyone could wish. For 

 myself, when a child of about two years old, he had a 

 peculiar affection ; and very often we changed plaees, I 

 taking possession of the kennel, and he sitting between 

 me and the entrance and mounting guard over me. My 

 nurse, however, was not in the least afraid of him, but 

 simply used to box his ears and haul him away when I 

 had to be extracted. But no one who was not on 

 intimate terms with him ever dared to approach him 

 at all. 



But "Apollo" was a somewhat expensive dog to keep, 

 for once he ate a big hole in some park-palings, because 

 they were too high for him to leap over with a stick in 

 his 4 mouth ; and then, finding that when he seized his 

 master's property by the middle, and tried to pass 

 through the hole, he naturally failed, he set to work 



