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arrived at Leighton-Buzzard at 1.30, and 

 was there met by the keeper and taken to 

 his home about three miles off. That was 

 on the Friday. On the following Tuesday, 

 the dog having been with him three full 

 days, he took him out in the morning with 

 his gun, and at eight o'clock on Wednesday 

 morning (that being the following day) the 

 dog appeared here, rather dirty, and looking 

 as if he had travelled some distance, which 

 he undoubtedly had. There is no doubt 

 that this puppy of ten months old was sent 

 away, certainly forty or fifty miles as the 

 crow flies, and that he returned here in a 

 day. How he did it no one can say, but it 

 is nevertheless a fact. It would be interest- 

 ing to know his route and to trace his 

 adventures." This anecdote is the more 

 remarkable in consequence of the extreme 

 youth of the dog, and particularly as he 

 belongs to a breed of sporting dogs which 

 are not generally considered to rank among 

 the most intelligent of the species. 



F. H. SUCKLING. 



