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properly clothed in the regalia (the broad 

 ribbon being put round his neck and crossed 

 over his back), sat very quiet and looked 

 very pleased for an hour and a quarter. 

 From that time we could never keep him 

 from ' Lodge.' Afterwards when the jug was 

 placed on the table before starting from 

 home, if the door was open, he would im- 

 mediately start and go to the lodge room in 

 the next street. Crib's master was caretaker 

 of the Friends' Meeting House, the door of 

 his house opening into the passage up which 

 the Friends had to pass. Crib would lie still 

 and take not the slightest notice whilst the 

 Friends belonging to Evesham went up the 

 passage. Should a stranger be with them, 

 Crib would bark the moment an unaccus- 

 tomed step was heard. At one time there 

 was something wrong with Crib internally. 

 When the pain came on, he would set up his 

 back, go round and round and cry out most 

 piteously. I was recommended to give him 

 laudanum. When he found the pain coming 

 on, he would stand and look up at the bottle 

 on the shelf, then look at my wife or 



