iu:a.^on IX Tin: Doa. 270 



A young lioimdj liOAVCver, nc\'or did this : lio 

 iisod to come direct through the fields, leaving 

 Carlton village and the road he had left home by 

 just on liis right, and come down direct upon his 

 kennel, only on the wrong side of the river. Then 

 I have known a young hound to sit down iind 

 howl till he gained the notice of his huntsman, 

 reluctant, when tired, again to swim a river lie 

 probably had swam before he had got to his 

 destination. 



Now, as to the fact of burying a bone, that is 

 more an instinct of the common sort than from a 

 reasonable motive. I have known dogs to bury 

 rats — and particularly cats — when they have killed 

 them. This arose from no intention of exhuming 

 them again, but from an instinctive idea that they 

 ought to 1)0 put out of sight. 



With bones the same. I have known dogs bury 

 them, and never return to look for them again, 

 though often passing that spot. The fox, too, will 

 bury most of the things he kills, and never seek 

 to touch them more ; and that is, in hunting 

 countries, a very fortunate thing, as some keepers 

 are apt to set traps in anticipation of his return. 

 Though reason and instinct arc very nearly allied^ 



