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friend assures the writer that this was a most 

 attractive little cub at New College. He lived 

 for some weeks in his master's rooms, sleeping 

 in his bedroom at nights, as the scout would 

 not enter the sitting room with the leopard 

 alone there. Dogs are forbidden in college; 

 but this animal coming under the category of 

 cats, there was a good deal of discussion with 

 the authorities, before he received his final 

 notice to quit. He was placed in an out-house; 

 but unfortunately when the cold weather 

 came, and an oil stove was provided to keep 

 him warm, he upset the stove and burnt both 

 himself and his home, much to the grief of his 

 master, who had just proposed bringing him 

 home for the Christmas holidays as a playmate 

 for his small brothers and sisters. 



The dog " Pita " was the leopard's successor 

 in the New College rooms. Her portrait is 

 shewn here with the Dandie, and one of Dan's 

 small sisters. Independent of nature, and 

 rather surly to strangers, Pita's devotion to 

 her master, and indeed, to every member of 

 his family, was all the more striking. Like 

 the leopard, she was forbidden in college ; but 

 in his rooms she lived for several terms with- 

 out ever entering in at the door. Dan had 

 taught her to jump several feet across a 



