8'4 MY OLD DOG TRIM. 



from that of the day before ; then he was magnificent ; now 

 he was glorious. Notwithstanding his bedraggled condition. 

 he was a most beautiful sight and something wonderful to 

 behold, as, with heal high in air, his eyes protruding from 

 his head, his mou- h partly open and froth covering his lip3, 

 he followed the trail as I have often imagined the lordly lion 

 moves on his prey ; there was no noise and his every motion 

 was perfect grace, and when, at last, he came to a stand and 

 refused to advance another step we stood some time without 

 speaking, drinking in with our eyes the wonderful picture. 

 I broke the weird spell by advancing a few steps, when, with 

 a mighty roar, up rose four or five ruffed grouse. Catching 

 a glimpse of one that started to fly back, I whirled, and 

 throwing my gun in his direction made a snap shot, and was 

 rewarded by hearing that soul-satisfying thud as he struck 

 the ground. Quickly loading, I bads Trim seek dead ; he 

 was off like a flash, and soon returned with the bird. 1 

 never saw a dumb brute express more pleasure than he; 

 circling round me, with arched neck, he proudly carried the 

 bird, and tried plainly to express his joy and to make me 

 understand that this was his game. He was very loth to 

 give up the bird, and after I had taken it he seemed so dis- 

 appointed that I let him have it again, which pleased him 

 very much, and he started off hunting with the bird in his 

 mouth. We were very much amused to see him perform, 

 and were greatly astonished to see him come to a point, still 

 holding the bird in his mouth. Walking up to him he com- 

 menced roadicg, and followed the b.rd more than a hundred 

 yards and finally brought him to bay in a corner. As I 

 walked in ahead, the bird rose and I succeeded in bringing 

 him down. After loading I attempted to get the bird still in 

 his mouth, but he did not want to give it up, and to see what 

 he would do I ordered him to seek dead; he soon found 

 it, and dropping the one he had he picked up the one just 

 killed and brought it to me, and, before I had a chance to say 

 a word, was off and brought me the other one and gave it up 

 readily. We concluded that he thought that the first bird 

 was some rare specimen, and tie only one that he w.uld 



