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approach of bad characters — burglars, or such like. 

 A story came to us the other day that a convict 

 escaped from one of the Florida penitentiaries and 

 got well away before the hounds were put upon his 

 line. He. however, discomfited the creatures in a 

 cunning manner, for, providing himself with a 

 quantity of pepper, he strewed it on his track. This 

 not only quite prevented the hounds following him, 

 but, it is said, pretty nearly killed one of the best 

 of them, who persevered for a considerable time 

 longer than his comrades in endeavouring to make 

 out the scent of the fugitive. 



