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of that disorder. I thought they had liad the dis- 

 temper, and therefore had not had them vaccinated. 



I never saw two creatures, brother and sister, 

 so attached to each otlier as Nellie and Ben 

 were. They delighted in rushing off, when the game 

 was killed, at the word, '^ Seek dead,-' and for a long 

 time, if Ben found the hird first (I speak of 

 partridge or snijoe), and had it in his mouth, ho 

 invariably resigned it to Nellie to l3ring to me, 

 accompanying her side by side, witli whiat they 

 so evidently conceived a treasure. 



After shooting over them for some time, Ben 

 became more fond of me, and more alive to the 

 gratulations I invariably bestow on a dog when 

 he is successful in any endeavour to please me, 

 and hence he desired to bring the bird back to me 

 in his own mouth, instead of surrendering it to 

 Nellie. To this arrangement Nellie would not 

 consent, so they came to an understanding on the 

 matter, — they both brouglit the 1jird, — tlie body 

 of the bird in Nellie's mouth, and tlie tij) of tlie 

 wing or foot tightly held by Ben. When the bird 

 was delivered to me not a feather was ruffled. In 

 cases where two birds in different directions have 

 fallen to a left and right sliot, or when some one 



