140 The Fox Terrier. 



excellence in this respect has not remained undiscovered by 

 great men whose equally great friends believe ought to 

 have a soul above dogs. Quite a popular hero in his way 

 was the late terrier belonging to Mr. Justice Hawkins, 

 which, if it did not actually sit with its master on the bench, 

 was otherwise his lordship's almost constant companion. 

 " Yah ! " said a corner-man in one of our provincial towns, 

 11 1 didn't know as auld Hawkins was blind ! " alluding to 

 the fact that the judge in walking to the assize court led 

 his favourite little terrier by a cord. 



