British Dogs at Work 



" Some there are so like a fox/' he says, " that 

 awkward people frequently mistake one for 

 the other/' Unfortunately, he does not help us 

 much on the question of size. "Large ones are 

 useful at times/' he writes, " if they are to run 

 with the pack, but in an earth they da little 

 good, as they cannot always get up to a fox/' 

 Most of us, I suppose, can recall many a 

 happy day with ferret and terrier bolting 

 rabbits, and I can remember enormous quan- 

 tities of rats destroyed in the same manner. 

 Ratting provides plenty of fun, while serving 

 a useful purpose at the same time. Is it 

 necessary to remind you that this was one of 

 the accomplishments acquired at Cambridge 

 by the incomparable Calverley, who 



Learned to work the wary dog-cart 



Artfully through King's Parade ; 

 Dress, and steer a boat, and sport with 



Amaryllis in the shade : 

 Struck, at Brown's, the dashing hazard ; 



Or (more curious sport than that) 

 Dropped, at Callaby's, the terrier 



Down upon the prisoned rat. 

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