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maker acquainted with his tailor in such a manner as 

 must have left the impression that my sole leather 

 was well tanned. 



At Hartebeestfontein I had a dog given me by 

 the lady who sent me the fruit. It was a mongrel of 

 the first water, a beast that those most skilled in the 

 parentage and lineage of the canine race would look 

 at with awe, and inquire with real concern of the 

 introducer, "You do not, surely, ask me to give an 

 opinion on the pedigree of such a brute ?" I have ever 

 held that " like dog like master." Of course, if a man 

 buys a dog, and does not retain him long in his posses- 

 sion, or has only lately become the owner of him, this does 

 not apply. But, for instance, you see that jaunty subal- 

 tern walking out of barracks : how proudly he swings his 

 cane ; how thoroughly he is satisfied that he is an object 

 on which all eyes are directed ! He is a future general 

 a great man in the caterpillar form, that will devolve 

 into a grand butterfly in his own estimation, at least ! 

 In each soldier's pocket the baton of a marshal is not 

 carried in England for Englishmen fight without such 

 high inducements. But if that ensign had a dog, he 

 would no more associate with the animals belonging to 

 the rank and file, even when the meat rations were 

 served out in the morning, than he would fly. No ; 

 "like master, like dog:" and this lady's animal was 

 so effeminate that the others bullied it, so it took 

 the first chance to run away. 



Another inhabitant of Hartebeestfontein for dogs 

 seemed numerous in this locality came to me to know 

 if I would buy a dog. His eyes were like those of a 

 ferret ; his face appeared as if it were made of putty ; 

 while his nose projected in a sharp hatchet shape in 



