GOOD dogs were not easy to get ; I had tried hard 

 enough for one before starting, but without success. 

 Even unborn puppies had jealous prospective owners 

 waiting to claim them. 



There is always plenty of room at the top of the 

 tree, and good hunting dogs were as rare as good 

 men, good horses, and good front-oxen. A lot of 

 qualities are needed in the make-up of a good hunting 

 dog : size, strength, quickness, scent, sense and speed 

 and plenty of courage. They are very very difficult 

 to get ; but even small dogs are useful, and many a 

 fine feat stands to the credit of little terriers in guarding 

 camps at night and in standing off wounded animals 

 that meant mischief. 



Dennison was saved from a wounded lioness by his 

 two fox terriers. He had gone out to shoot bush- 

 pheasants, and came unexpectedly on a lioness playing 

 with her cubs : the cubs hid in the grass, but she stood 

 up at bay to protect them, and he, forgetting that he 



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