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the kennels when the hounds have flesh-food ; 

 it is generally hung in a tree, and numbers of 

 magpies come to it. If a shepherd sees a 

 sheep lying on its back he hastens of course 

 at once to help it roll over and regain its 

 feet, for if not able to get up in time the 

 sheep would die. Collies are the favourite 

 sheep-dogs on the moors, and they are very 

 intelligent. A collie was seen, when the 

 shepherd was not about, to run of his own 

 accord to a sheep on its back, and first bark 

 at it to force the animal to fresh exertions. 

 But when the dog found that the sheep, 

 try as much as it would, could not get up, 

 he pushed against it on one side with all his 

 might with his paws, and then with his 

 shoulder, and this pressure was just enough 

 to enable the sheep to roll on to its side, 

 and so to rise. 



An eagle seen on the moors could not 

 be approached, but a dead lamb was put 

 under a wall, and when the eagle came 

 down to the carcase the gunner crept up 







