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her family. Whenever he appeared in the yard, she 

 would run to meet him, prating and clucking all the 

 time, and impeding his progress by walking between his 

 legs, to his no small annoyance. If any other dog en- 

 tered the yard, she would fly at him most furiously, 

 thinking perhaps he would injure her chickens ; but she 

 evidently considered Jock her especial protector, and 

 treated him accordingly. It was very droll to see the 

 peculiar look with which he regarded his feathered 

 friend, not exactly knowing what to make of her civili- 

 ties, and doubting how they should be received. When 

 her family were educated, and able to do without her 

 care, she was a frequent visitor at Jock's kennel, and 

 would, if permitted, roost there at night, instead of re- 

 turning with the rest of the poultry to the hen-house. 

 Yarico certainly was a most graceful and interesting 

 bird." 



Some people set ducks' eggs under a hen ; but when 

 they are hatched, it is painful to observe the distress of 

 the parent as they take the water, running, as she does, 

 around its brink, and even flying into it in the efi'ort to 

 rescue them. It is, however, a curious fact, that habit 

 will overcome all this natural apprehension. One hen 

 had reared three broods of ducks in three successive 

 years, and became, in consequence, so used to their 



