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we determined, if it were possible, to ascer 

 tain his fate, and at least to recover his body. 

 We rushed home, procured the longest ladder 

 we could find on the emergency, a rope, a 

 lantern, with a long string attached to it, and 

 a couple of men. I should think the ladder 

 was about 22 ft. long, With these we went 

 to the adit ; on letting down the lantern into 

 the shaft, there we saw the dog on the ledge 

 of rock or earth, looking up and apparently 

 none the worse for his fall. We lowered the 

 ladder by the rope, one of us intending to go 

 down and carry him up, but we found the 

 ladder was not long enough to reach from 

 the ledge where the dog was standing to the 

 edge of the shaft ; and this presented a 

 difficulty which we began to discuss. How- 

 ever, no sooner was the ladder fixed than the 

 dog began to climb it, and our shouts could 

 not prevent him. As the ladder did not 

 quite reach to the edge of the shaft we feared 

 that when he got to the top he might slip and 

 have another fall, and this time probably to 

 the bottom of the shaft, for we could see that 

 all was dark beyond the ledge on which he 



