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mine, who has a great liking for pet-keeping, has a 

 big brown retriever. With the fugitive idea that 

 somehow he may establish a sort of amateur rookery, 

 two or three Rooks have been turned into the garden, 

 each with one wing cut. One bird was brought up 

 from the nest, and a noisy, downy-headed little fellow 

 he was. He followed his master like a lap-dog, and 

 spent most of his hours at first hanging and begging 

 round the kitchen door. As he grew older and 

 bolder he betook himself to the dog's kennel, glad 

 to pick up the scraps that fell from Carlo's bones. 

 So familiar did he become that he insisted upon 

 sleeping in the kennel with the dog, and to sit at 

 times perched on the canine's back, cogitating. A 

 second Rook was added, and this too, profiting by 

 the experiences of his predecessor, very soon joined 

 the kennel club. A third Rook a tired-out migrant 

 from Scandinavia was put with the others in 

 October. It remains to be seen whether he will 

 become as sociable and contented. 



THE LAND DOTTEREL 



Before the break-up of the North Denes by golfer, 

 volunteer, and other pedestrians, and when the 

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