CHAPTER III. 



GOOD SPORT. 

 The Pauw A Stalk A Porcupine. 



ALTHOUGH no advocate for promiscuous application 

 of the whip, there are certainly some dogs that require 

 an occasional application of it. Donna was one of 

 these ; but my indulgence of her ever deserved to 

 be urged as an excuse for her wilfulness and dis- 

 obedience. Thus, as it was not always convenient 

 to tie her up, she was permitted to run with 

 the greyhounds when on the line of march, and as 

 on such occasions buck and jackals would at times 

 cross the road, off would go the whole pack in 

 pursuit, the pointer invariably keeping a good position 

 in the hunt, and awakening the echoes with her deep, 

 mellow voice. These were unquestionably the red 

 letter days in the calendar of her life, for nothing 

 did she love more, when the chase was successful, 

 than getting the victim by the throat, when it was in- 



