94 DOG STORIES 



RAILWAY DOGS. 



o, 1887.] 



YOUR dog-loving readers may be interested 

 to hear that there is (or was till lately) m 

 South Africa a rival to the well-known 

 Travelling Jack, of Brighton line fame, after 

 whom, indeed, he has been nicknamed by 

 his acquaintance. 



I was introduced to him eighteen months 

 ago, on board the Norhani Castle, on a 

 voyage from Cape Town to England a 

 voyage which this distinguished Colonial 

 traveller was making much against his will. 

 He was a black-and-tan terrier with a white 

 'chest, whose intellect had therefore probably 

 been improved by a dash of mongrelism, and 

 I was told that he belonged to a gentleman 

 connected with the railway department living 

 at Port Elizabeth. It appears that it was 

 Mr. Jack's habit frequently to embark all 

 by himself on board the mail steamer leaving 

 that place on Saturday afternoon, and make 

 the trip round the coast to Cape Town, 

 arriving there on Monday morning. Where 



