FROM THE "SPECTATOR." 205 



Turk was no longer with us, at which we 

 were rather surprised, as he was a very 

 faithful follower. Some time after we got 

 home, perhaps an hour, I chanced to see a 

 strange object on the public road which 

 puzzled me as to what it was. It raised a 

 cloud of dust as it came along, which partly 

 obscured the vision. What was my surprise 

 when I found it was Turk dragging a man's 

 shooting-jacket, which proved to be the 

 bailiff's, with the rabbit still in the pocket. 

 We afterwards learnt that the dog, to the 

 surprise of the bailiff, quietly followed him 

 home, and lay down near him. Presently 

 the man took off his coat, and laid it on a 

 chair. Instantly Turk pounced upon it, and 

 dashed to the door with it in his mouth. 

 He was pursued, but in vain, and succeeded 

 in dragging the coat from the one house to 

 the other, a distance of one mile and 

 three-fourths. It was evident the dog had a 

 strong sense of the rights of property. He 

 believed the rabbit belonged to his master, 

 so he set himself to recover what he thought 

 stolen goods. 



