152 The Fox Terrier. 



through the underground culverts. These strips, about 

 one hundred yards or so in length, are supported at 

 intervals of ten yards by transverse bars, and considerable 

 expense and trouble were caused in getting the strips past 

 their supports. One of the foremen was " a doggy man," 

 and it occurred to him that a fox terrier might be trained 

 to carry through the passages a rope, to the end of which 

 the strip could be attached. He had a puppy on which 

 he at once began his tuition, which in due course was 

 perfected. 



It is easy enough to train a terrier to travel underground 

 a hundred yards or more, but here it had to leap over the 

 supports, which she soon learned to do. Now she performs 

 her task cleverly, has assisted to lay many miles of wire 

 in London and elsewhere, and each Saturday receives her 

 wages, like the men receive theirs, and is looked upon as 

 one of the most valued employes of the Crompton Electric 

 Lighting Company. 



I think with these two tales of a dog's sport and of a 

 dog's work any ordinary believer in anecdotes of canine 

 intelligence ought to be satisfied ; still I am not much of a v 

 believer in such stories ; nor is it the proper work of a 

 terrier to go a-fishing or to assist an electric lighting 

 company in its underground operations. There are many 

 uses for him in this world, even as a companion and as a 

 watch dog, as the former he is much to be extolled. The 

 African explorer, H. M. Stanley, had his fox terrier, Randy, 

 with him during many long journeys, and when he was 

 compelled to leave him behind at Fort Bobo whilst he went 

 to search for Major Barttelot and his rear column poor 

 Randy died of a broken heart after only three days' absence 

 from his master. The fox terrier's devotion to his master 



