ring a humdrum paddle to the furious oars- 

 manship that secures bumps. Of this he 

 sometimes showed his disapproval by attach- 

 ing himself to the coat or sweater of his human 

 colleague (if the latter happened to be on 

 foot) or by leaping desperately at the super- 

 cilious nose of the tow-path horse. During 

 the later and speedier stages of practice we 

 were, therefore, compelled to leave him at the 

 boathouse, where he superintended embark- 

 ations and landings and defied or disdained all 

 rival crews. The restrictions of Cambridge 

 in regard to dogs he accepted with great dig- 

 nity. There was, indeed, a famous occasion 

 when I saw him strolling nonchalantly across 

 the Great Court of Trinity toward the Mas- 

 ter's Lodge, then inhabited by Dr. Thompson, 

 who knew about dogs all that may be gathered 

 from the editing of some of Plato's Dialogues. 

 An alarmed, but adjuring, porter followed at 

 a safe distance and Jack was eventually coaxed 

 out. That, however, was an exception. At 

 other times he did not fail to curl himself up 

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