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on escort duties to merchant ships between a northern port 

 and the Norwegian coast, Yel always foretold approaching 

 danger. His signals of subdued whines and unusual un- 

 easiness were always followed by the loss of a ship or the 

 " Submarine in sight " signal being hoisted. Whatever 

 the weather, the dog could never be induced to go below 

 while his master was on deck. 



Now that he is home once more Yel he is registered 

 at the Kennel Club as Yelverstone, the place of his birth 

 is collecting 100 for the E.S.P.C.A. Soldiers' Dog Fund, 

 and already has over 50 to his credit. 



E. G. FAIEHOLME. 



May 3, 1919. 



NOTE. 



" And thou, proved, much-enduring, 

 Wave toss'd Wanderer 1" 



But we have a British Odysseus, none other than the 

 "benevolent, itinerating Tom Coryat, the Odcombian 

 legge-stretcher ' ' 



" One Homer only sung Ulysses' praise, 

 But Coryat's all the Poets of our daies." 



If Yel still lives (as all good men must pray), let his 

 paltry name be transfigured to Coryat. 



A CASE OF APOSTACY 

 CANINE ATHEISM, on A LOST DOG 



You have recently discussed in your columns the intelli- 

 gence and literary tastes of dogs. It may interest your 

 readers to know of one case in which a dog showed very 

 pronounced convictions on a question of ecclesiastical 

 policy. Anyone familiar with shepherds of the Vale of 

 Yarrow, in the Scottish Borderland, will bear witness to 

 the truth of the following tale. At the Disruption in 1843 



