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some j^latclayors who were at work, but when he 

 had got about half the distance from where they 

 were, he cliecked agam, tliought for a moment, 

 and then ran very fast back to Avhere he had 

 first paused on reaching the raihvay. Here he 

 put his nose down again, went confidently through 

 the fence on to the line, and over the line into 

 the forest on the other side. He cliecked then 

 for a little while, for he had over-shot the foot 

 he was hunting in his spring over a wide ditch. 



On the soft gravel between the lines, as I 

 followed the dog, I saw the foot-marks of two 

 men, and when I got beyond the line, then, for 

 the first time in that extraordinary chase, I could 

 assist my dog. The men had got into the ditch 

 to escape any observation, and I pointed out the 

 traces to my dog. He took uji the running 

 along the ditch again, and eventually got the 

 doe, which the thieves, no doubt, had flung into 

 a furze brake, while they made off elsewhere. 



Now, then, comes the curious point, as to how 

 or by what wonderful power did the dog know 

 when the man carried the deer and when lie 

 did not. Investigation, and evidence procured 

 from the platelayers, proved that where the dog 



