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I have also been very successful in re-setting 

 broken bones. I have dogs, at present in my 

 house, belonging to rich ladies of London 

 and elsewhere — the dogs, not the house, — and 

 the brother of one of these ladies gave me the 

 three pounds for curing a fox terrier of dis- 

 temper. Ten shillings was my charge, but he 

 forced the sovereigns into my waistcoat pocket, 

 saying that he would not have lost the dog 

 for five pounds. If you don't believe me I 

 will give you his name and address, so that 

 you may ask him.* 



I also take all sorts of dogs to train, teach- 

 ing them to be clean in the house, and 

 obedient to their masters and mistresses. I 

 train deer hounds, Scotch colleys, and other 

 dogs, as companions ; I can train dogs as 

 watch dogs, either in or out of the house, and 

 either in the yard or out of it. Ladies and 

 gentlemen leaving town for the summer or 

 winter season, and not caring to take their 



*We believe, especially the forcing of the sovereigns into the 



waistcoat pocket ; would that there were more generous 



minded men in the world.— Editors. 



