8B NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Suspicious appearances. 



being opened to leave the room; but still took 

 his station on the other side of the door, as if 

 watching some expected event. 



Of the history of this animal, from the time of 

 his elopement, little more resulted from enquiry, 

 than that he had one day followed some drovers 

 who came to refresh themselves and their cattle : 

 and that, appearing to be foot-sore with travel, 

 and unable to proceed with his companions, he 

 staid in the house, and had remained there ever 

 since. This account was obtained from the 

 hostler, who added, he was as harmless a creature 

 as any betwixt Scotland and Ireland. 



His lordship, intending to rise early in the 

 morning, to make up the time thus sacrificed 

 to the night, which was still stormy, ordered the 

 servant to show him to his chamber. As he 

 passed the common room which communicated 

 with the parlour, he noticed the innkeeper and 

 his wife in earnest discourse with three men, 

 muffled up in horseman's coats, who seemed to 

 have just come from buffeting the tempest, and 

 not a little anxious to counteract its effects; for 

 both the landlord and his wife were filling their 

 glasses with spirits. His lordship, on going to 

 his chamber, after the maid and his own servant, 

 heard a fierce growl, as from the top of the stairs. 

 ' Here is the dog again, my lord,' exclaimed the 

 servant. ' He is often cross and churlish to- 

 strangers,' observed the maid, f yet he never 

 bites.' As they came nearer the door, his growl 



