or four times a day for the little thing to suck, 

 and a nest of wool is made for it in the sheep-pen ; 

 at no time is it allowed to associate with other 

 dogs, or with the children of the family. The 

 puppy is, moreover, generally castrated ; so that, 

 when grown up, it can scarcely have any feelings 

 in common with the rest of its kind. From this 

 education it has no wish to leave the flock, and 

 just as another dog will defend its master, man, 

 so will these the sheep. It is amusing to observe, 

 when approaching a flock, how the dog immedi- 

 ately advances barking, and the sheep all close in 

 his rear, as if round the oldest ram. These dogs 

 are also easily taught to bring home the flock, 

 at a certain hour in the evening. Their most 

 troublesome fault, when young, is their desire of 

 playing with the sheep ; for in their sport they 

 sometimes gallop their poor subjects most un- 

 mercifully. Charles Darwin. 



Our Dogs <^>- <^y -o <o <^ 



(From Horn Subsecivm) 



Wasp 



\ T 7"AS a dark brindled bull-terrier, as pure in 



V * blood as Cruiser or Wild Dayrell. She 



was brought by my brother from Otley, in the 



West Riding. She was very handsome, fierce, 



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