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away in hot pursuit of a bunny they immediately 

 came to heel, and looked at me as much as to 

 sav, " She deserves a good licking when she 

 comes back."' " Kitty" (which was her name), 

 however, never either deserved or got a licking. 

 She invariably on catching a rabbit bolted with 

 it to some distance, and, having carefully buried 

 it, immediately returned to look for another; 

 one grasp of her powerful jaws and it was all 

 over with poor bunny ! 



When I first got Kitty I always took her out 

 on a chain lest she might run away, and I might 

 not perhaps be able to catch her again, but 

 more especially as she invariably wanted to run 

 and have a game of romps with every dog she 

 saw, and I feared some of them might resent 

 this and injure her. After about a fortnight I 

 dispensed with the chain, and let her loose 

 inside a large enclosure surrounded by wire 

 netting, where I could easily catch her if she 

 became refractory ; but only on one occasion 

 had I any difificulty, as she always returned 

 immediately I called her. On this occasion I 

 had taken off her chain for the first time in the 

 open, and she was cantering about quite 

 contentedly, when suddenly some soldiers 



