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chase. He was told that she was several times stopped, 

 but she absolutely persisted in travelling on, regarding 

 neither sheep nor shepherd by the way. Her lamb was 

 often far behind, and she had often to urge it on by 

 impatient bleating. She arrived at Stirling on the 

 morning of a great annual fair, about the end of May ; 

 and judging it imprudent to venture through the crowd 

 with her lamb, she halted on the north side of the 

 town, lying close by the road-side during the whole of 

 the day ; but, next morning, when all became quiet, a 

 little after dawn, she was observed stealing quietly 

 through the town, in apparent terror of the dogs that 

 were prowling about the streets. The last time she was 

 seen on the road, was at a toll-bar. The man stopped 

 her, thinking she was a strayed animal, and that some 

 one would claim her \ she tried several times to break 

 through by force when he opened the gate, but he 

 always prevented her, and at length she turned patiently 

 back. She, however, found some means of eluding him, 

 for home she came at last, having been no less than 

 nine days on the road. 



Sheep become courageous in proportion as they are 

 withdrawn from the protection and control of man. 

 This appears when they range on extensive mountains 

 of the north, as they do for months together, during 



