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the scene of danger. Ever after this event the stag 

 went by the name of 'Smoker's Deer.'" 



As a retriever Smoker was extraordinarily clean. 

 His nose was remarkably fine, and the way in which 

 he used to mark when a bird fell was wonderful. In 

 the house, too, his sagacity was phenomenal. If his 

 master went out unknown to him he would not rest 

 until, accompanied by Mrs. Berkeley, he had looked 

 into every room of the house, scratching at all the 

 doors until they were opened for him, and when he 

 had satisfied himself that his master was not to be 

 found he would return quietly to the drawing-room and 

 sit down beside his mistress. Sometimes if he suddenly 

 missed Mr. Berkeley he would go into the hall, examine 

 all the hats, and if he found his master's would lie 

 contentedly down and watch ; if he did not find it 

 there he insisted on searching the house as I have 

 described. 



He was an excellent water-dog, but at times, if 

 the river were slightly frozen and the ice annoyed 

 him in crossing to fetch any bird which had fallen on 

 the other side, he would on his return go round by 

 the bridge, and on strange ground would run to any 

 object which looked like a bridge, and though in 

 doing this he had sometimes to jump over fences, 

 yet he always brought the bird, snipe or duck, or 

 whatever it might be, as clean as when it was killed. 

 Smoker was buried in the garden at Harrold, and 

 his master wrote a long epitaph on him in verse. 



It was whilst Grantley Berkeley was living at Beacon 

 Lodge that he was visited by a noted French sports- 



