274 Reminiscences of 



This escapade led to his discovery, and his being 

 chained up, as altogether a too expensive sheep- 

 herder, and his ignominious return was illustrated 

 with a collar and chain and a free ride in the sheep 

 wagon. 



The natural taste for killing and fresh blood, and 

 his great success in the turkey line, were unfortunate 

 for our pet, for as the salmo salar fisherman returns 

 with pleasure to the capture of the Fontinalis, so did 

 Dingo yield to the attractions of the barnyard fowl 

 at home ; and thus forever closed the youthful episode 

 of his free range, and since, with the brief intervals 

 of breaking away from his moorings, he has polished 

 the hard ground from a central stake over an area 

 of some forty feet in width, as his bright chain well 

 attests. 



Adjacent, and sufficiently near for a hand-shaking, 

 lives a large raccoon, similarly attired with collar 

 and chain, and both are on friendly terms, excepting 

 at feed time, when the experience of Jack, the 'coon, 

 has induced him to insist upon having his meals 

 served separately. 



This system applies also to the dogs, including a 

 bull-dog and stag-hound, which suffer injury if too 

 intent upon the development of their sniffing quali- 

 ties about the lunch counter, and the cry of distress 

 which occasionally goes forth from the neighborhood 

 of the cold meats is far more amusing to the looker-on 

 than to the wailing canine musician. 



In fact Dingo, now fully developed and most ex- 

 pert in battle, is ready for a scrap at all times. It is 

 his great enjoyment and he exercises his ingenuity 

 to get dogs within the fatal circle of his domain. He 



