A SHEEP-DOG'S MIND. 



[Dec. 21, 1895.] 



WHENEVER I sent the shepherd with sheep to 

 the local auction the shepherd went in front, 

 and Turk, a cross between a retriever and 

 collie, followed leisurely behind. He helped 

 to put the sheep in the allotted pens, and 

 then while the shepherd betook himself to a 

 neighbouring "pub," Turk lay down before 

 the pens. He always stayed there until the 

 auctioneer came along and sold the sheep. 

 Turk watched him carefully as he went 

 from one pen to the other ; and as soon as 

 the hammer had fallen on the last pen, he 

 wended his way to the publichouse, found the 

 shepherd, and went home with him. Subse- 

 quently be became both blind and deaf, and 

 quite incapable of work. He also took to 

 coming into the house and lying there ; and 

 as my children are little, and consider all dogs 

 their particular playmates, and as Turk's 



