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which his contemporaries were free to draw 

 at will, that he must be chiefly remembered. 

 Few naturalists for the last sixty years can 

 claim that their works owe nothing to the 

 researches, and, in many cases, to the direct 

 personal aid of Tegetmeier." 



One of the subjects of which his knowledge 

 is now almost forgotten was that of dogs, on 

 which he was an authority, being especially 

 fond of collies, which he used at one time to 

 breed. As, however, he did not specialise in 

 the canine species, I can find room only for the 

 following anecdote illustrative of his fondness for 

 exploding myths concerning birds and animals, 

 especially those of their alleged " homing 

 instincts." This is one of the stories he used 

 to tell : "A Stock Exchange gentleman — let us 

 call him Mr. Jones — living in Kensington, called 

 upon Mr. Smith, another Stock Exchange gentle- 

 man, at his house in Dalston, when he happened 

 to admire his friend's dog. The result was 

 that he was presented with the animal, and 

 later in the evening drove back with his prize 

 to Kensington. The animal, however, turned out 

 to be such a demon, and worried his servants 

 so frightfully, that after a few days his new 

 owner popped him into his carriage and directed 

 his coachman to drive to Dalston. When they 

 got within a couple of hundred yards of Mr. 

 Smith's house, they pulled up, and Mr. Jones, 



