A STRING OF DOG TALES 



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negro in those perilous times was fully accounted 

 for when his skeleton was found with every parti- 

 cle of flesh gnawed oft, and with the ground 

 around showing evidences of a desperate struggle. 

 Early in 1865, when a few refugees began re- 

 turning to Atlanta, they had to struggle with these 

 wild dogs for the possession of the ruins. Bloody 

 encounters occurred among the ash heaps and piles 

 of debris. Every cellar and hole in the ground 

 held these ravenous brutes, and they leaped upon 

 men, women and children without the slightest 

 provocation. At that time it was dangerous to 

 ride or drive out in the country. On the main 

 road between Atlanta and Decatur, in broad day- 

 light, dogs were known to attack horses attached 



SNAP 



SHOT OF TREE -CLIMBING BULL TERRIER, TAKEN 

 ON FLUSHING INSTITUTE GROUNDS. 



