THE DOG THAT BURIED THE 

 FROGS. 



[Feb. 2, 1895.] 



KNOWING your love of animals, and the 

 interest so often shown in your columns in 

 their ways, I venture to send you the follow- 

 ing story I have lately heard from an eye- 

 witness, and to ask whether you or any of 

 your readers can throw any light upon the 

 dog's probable object. The dog in question 

 was a Scotch terrier. He was one day 

 observed to appear from a corner of the 

 garden carrying in his mouth, very gently 

 and tenderly, a live frog. He proceeded 

 to lay the frog down upon a flower-bed, 

 and at once began to dig a hole in the earth, 

 keeping one eye upon the frog to see that it 

 did not escape. If it went more than a few 

 feet from him, he fetched it back, and then 

 continued his work. Having dug the hole a 

 certain depth, he then laid the frog, still 

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