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barley meal, which he carried in one of his pockets. 

 The other he filled with stones, which he threw at 

 the Pig, whenever she misbehaved, as he was not 

 able to catch and correct her in the same manner 

 that he did his Dogs. He informed Sir Henry 

 Mildmay, who has been so obliging as to supply 

 me with this account, that he found the animal 

 very tractable, and that he soon taught her what 

 he wished, by this mode of reward and punish- 

 ment. Sir Henry Mildmay says, that he has fre- 

 quently seen her out with Toomer, when she 

 quartered her ground as regularly as any Pointer, 

 stood when she came on game, (having an ex- 

 cellent nose,) and backed other Dogs as well as 

 he ever saw a Pointer. When she came on the 

 cold scent of game, she slackened her trot, and 

 gradually dropped her ears and tail till she was 

 certain, and then fell down on her knees. So 

 staunch was she, that she would frequently remain 

 five minutes and upwards on her point. As soon 

 as the game rose, she always returned to Toomer, 

 grunting very loudly for her reward of pudding, 

 if it was not immediately given to her. When 

 Toomer died, his widow sent the Pig to Sir Henry 

 Mildmay, who kept it for three years, but never 

 used it, except for the purpose of occasionally 

 amusing his friends. In doing this, a fowl was 

 put into a cabbage-net, and hidden amongst the 

 fern in some part of the park; and the extra* 

 ordinary animal never failed to point it, in the 

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