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CAPTAIN AND SUWABROW. 



[CH. XV. 



489. At my request, Sir G e kindly drew the spirited sketch, 



which I have had engraved, of the scene he so vividly described. 



SCENE ON THE 'THLEW-EE-CHOH-DEZETH.'-Par. 487. 



490. Dining one day at the hospitable board of Lord M f, 



he told me, that many years ago an uncle of his, an excellent sports- 

 man, lent him a brace of short-haired English dogs, yclept "Captain" 

 and " Suwarrow," martial names ! yet not inappropriate, you will 

 think, when you hear some of their feats of strategy. " Captain," 

 moreover, had other warlike propensities ; he was a close-knit, 

 powerful dog, and there was no peace in any kennel he ever entered 

 until' its boldest inmates had conceded to him all the privileges of 

 commander- in-chief. 



491. Lord M f and a friend had obtained permission to shoot 



on a considerable part of an extensive valley in Perthshire, lying at 

 the foot of " Schichallion ;" but unfortunately they had not the sole 

 right, a similar favour had been granted to a lame man, but no 

 lame, sportsman, who for some days greatly annoyed them. Start 

 when they would, and take what line they might, Dot-and-go-one 

 with his old pointer was sure to be on the heather before them. 



492. "Captain" and "Suwarrow" bore this for some time with 

 greater apparent patience than the gentlemen. On one occasion, 

 however, when the inferiority of the ground they were compelled to 

 take was more than usually obvious, "Captain's" blood was fairly 



