ISO KRIDER'S SPORTING ANECDOTES. 



of fresh water at their command. Never take a 

 dog into your room to mar your rest by shifting 

 his camp from corner to corner, or beating old 

 Nick's tattoo, with his tail under the bed. He is a 

 thousand times better off in the barn or the 

 stable, where, if you take a look at his quarters 

 before you retire, you will find him all at home, 

 buried up to the nose, perhaps, in rye straw. 

 If, however, he is an especial favorite, and you 

 have serious doubts as to the honesty of the 

 neighborhood for "train up a dog, and away he 

 goes," is a ludicrous saying which many a sports- 

 man has rued in that case if you bring him into 

 your sleeping room to make all sure, give him a 

 bed raised a foot or more above the floor, that he 

 may lie out of the draught of cold air, to which, 

 reckless of exposure as he is in the field, he is as 

 susceptible in cuUculo as an invalid. If you are 

 not careful in this respect, you will have him 

 sailing about the room, sounding every inch of 

 harbor, like a coast surveyor, and, perhaps, leap- 

 ing on the bed ; or wanting water in the course 

 of the night, he will bring down the wash-stand 

 and its appurtenances about his ears, with a 

 grand crash, or pull down your shooting 

 clothes, and hauling them out of the current of 

 air, make a dog-mat out of them until morning. 



