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ing, brought them back, and turned them on 

 their backs. 



Sometimes, when he returned after a pro- 

 tracted hunt, bringing in a fresh victim, he 

 found several of them escaping at once. Then 

 he would hurriedly drop his latest catch, to 

 speed away, tracking the truants until they 

 were all found and recaptured, to be brought 

 back and nosed over again. 



He never wearied of this sport, and after our 

 house was finished, and a well-stocked " chicken- 

 park ' was added to our estate, we bought a 

 large camp-kettle, which we arranged on bricks 

 in a secluded place; in this we would heat 

 water and cook Bruno's gophers, so that he 

 and the hens had constant feasts of them and 

 throve apace. 



