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behind or proceeded by another road. On arriving 

 at home late in the evening, he was astonished to 

 learn that his faithful animal had not made her 

 appearance with the drove. He immediately set 

 out in search of her. But on going out into the 

 streets, there she was coming with the drove, not 

 one missing, and, marvellous to relate, she was 

 carrying a young puppy in her mouth. She had 

 been taken in travail on the hills, and how the 

 poor creature had contrived to manage her drove 

 in her condition is beyond human calculation, for 

 her road lay through sheep all the way. Her 

 master's heart smote him when he saw what she 

 had suffered and effected. But she was nothing 

 daunted, and after depositing her young one in a 

 place of safety she again set out full speed for the 

 hills, and brought another and another, till she 

 brought the whole litter, one by one ; but the last 

 one was dead'(i). 



What a wonderful transformation in canine 

 character ! The very beings whose blood the dog 

 once drank with ravenous thirst it now protects 

 with courage and fidelity. And this transforma- 

 tion in character is not due to education simply. 

 It is innate. Young dogs brought from Tierra 

 del Fuego or Australia, where the natives do not 

 keep such domestic animals as sheep, pigs, and 

 poultry, invariably have an incurable propensity 

 for attacking these animals. 



The feeling of ownership possessed by so many 

 dogs is an entirely new element in canine char- 

 acter, a trait implanted wholly by human selection. 



