86 MEMORIES OF GLEXAUGH. 



He came by a horrible death. His evil pro- 

 pensities were the cause of it ; a stolen box of 

 matches the Nemesis. He hid away the box, 

 and must have been striking a light or amusing 

 himself in some manner with it during the 

 night ; anyhow the matches took fire, and 

 Peter was burned to such an extent that I 

 had to end his sufferings by shooting him. 

 Long after his premature demise missing 

 things were found in various corners of the 

 stables and outhouses. I was sorry for Peter, 

 for though ageing and slow of gait, a better 

 dog on snipe I never brought up, and in his 

 youth he was very fair as a general practi- 

 tioner. 



My private impression is that many of these 

 pointers were humourists, with a great deal of 

 undeveloped comedy in them. A dog has few 

 opportunities for being witty, but then he has 

 a chance now and again of amusing himself at 

 your expense, and I believe pointers are a race 

 peculiarly gifted in this respect. 



But to return to the ' Wisp.' On my ar- 

 rival a few weeks back we had prime sport at 

 both cock and snipe. The cock were plen- 



