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when she accidentally joined them in the forest. Her pace wa: 

 mostly a trot, was seldom known to gallop, except when called to 

 go out shooting ; she would then come home off the forest at full 

 stretch, for she was never shut up but to prevent her being out of 

 the sound of the call or whistle when a party of gentlemen had ap- 

 pointed to see her out the next day, and which call she obeyed as 

 regularly as a dog, and was as much elevated as a dog upon being 

 shown the gun. She always expressed great pleasure when game, 

 either dead or alive, was placed before her. She has frequently stood 

 a single partridge at forty yards' distance, her nose in an exact line, 

 and would continue in that position until the game moved : if it took 

 wing, she would come up to the place, and put her nose down two 

 or three times ; but if a bird ran off, she would get up and go to 

 the place, and draw slowly after it, and when the bird stopped she 

 would stand it as before. The two Mr. Toomers lived about 

 seven miles apart, at Rhinefield and Broomey lodges; Slut has 

 many times gone by herself from one lodge to the other, as if to 

 court the being taken out shooting. She was about five years old 

 when her master died, and, at the auction of his pointers, &c., was 

 bought in at ten guineas. Sir Henry Mi Id may having expressed a 

 wish to have her, she was sent to Dogmersfield Park, where she 

 remained some years. She was last in the possession of Colonel 

 Sykes, and was then ten years old, and had become fat and slothful, 

 but could point game as well as ever. She was not often used, ex- 

 cepting to show her to strangers, as the pointers refused to act when 

 out with her. When killed she weighed 700 Ibs. Her death-war- 

 rant was signed in consequence of her having been accused of being 

 instrumental to the disappearance of sundry missing larnbs. 

 (Daniel's Rural Sports.) 



Colonel Thornton also had a sow which was regularly taught to 

 hunt, quarter the ground, and back the other pointers. 



Some thirty years since, it was mentioned in the public papers, 

 that a gentleman had trained swine to run in his carriage, and drove 

 four-in-hand through London with these curious steeds. And not 

 long since the market-place of St. Albans was completely crowded, 

 in consequence of an eccentric old farmer, who resided a few miles 

 off, having entered it in a small chaise-cart drawn by four hogs at a 

 brisk trot, which pace they kept up a few times round the area of 

 the market-place. They were then driven to the wool-pack yard, 

 and after being unharnessed were regaled with a trough of beans 

 and wash. 



A gentleman present offered 50Z. for the whole concern as it stood, 

 but his offer was indignantly declined. In about two hours the ani 

 mals were reharnessed, and the old farmer drove off with his ex 

 traordinary team He stated that he had been six months in train 

 ing them. 



