64 DESCRIPTION OF A DAy's 



to throw it. A person unaccustomed to the 

 country might at first be induced to fire upon 

 them, but it is unsafe and unwise to do so; unsafe, 

 because an Albanian's dog is his companion and 

 friend, and a sly shot at the offending person 

 from behind some convenient rock would inevi- 

 tably follow the killing of an Albanian's dog ; and 

 unwise, because the skirmish that would ensue 

 would set the inhabitants against the English, 

 and oblige the authorities in the Ionian Islands 

 to put a stop to shooting on the mainland. 



On a sudden, a dog, whose note is familiar to 

 the ear of every one in the field, is heard giving 

 tongue in a determined manner, the sound almost 

 resembling a scream of delight, and yet he moves 

 not from the spot. Amidst the music of the 

 never-ceasing tongues of the other dogs, each 

 hunting up his own bird, this is too remark- 

 able to escape immediate notice. " What can 

 that little scoundrel Tow have got there ?" " A 

 hedgehog or a water-rail, I dare say," exclaims 

 some one, impatient at the delay. The barking- 

 still continues. " He surely has got something 

 at bay." Perhaps a boar enters the minds of 

 a dozen at once. Hardly have we time to consi- 



