112 Studies in Rat Catching, [ch. vi. 



for drawing ferrets." The man may have 

 been right, but I was quite sure the unfor- 

 tunate dog did not take an active pleasure 

 in his vocation. 



There, young gentlemen, if you have well 

 digested that chapter and forgotten the story 

 at the end, you can put up your books and 

 form up for your usual walk to the second 

 milestone and back again ; but before leav- 

 ing, let me point out to you, Croker, minor, 

 that if that caricature I have observed you 

 drawing behind your book is meant for me^ 

 it is, like most things you do, incorrect ; my 

 nose is not so long, and I part my hair on 

 the left side, not the right. 



