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him that his dog had the sheep safe enough down at 

 the Crooked Yett, and he needed not hurry himself. 

 He answered, that the sheep were not his they were 

 young Mr. Thomson's, who had left them to his charge ; 

 and he was in search of a man to drive them, which 

 made him come off his road. After this discovery, it was 

 impossible for the poor fellow to get quit of them ; so he 

 went down and took possession of the stolen property 

 once more, carried them on, and disposed of them ; and 

 finally, the transaction cost him his life. What an 

 illustration is thus afforded of the scriptural charge, " Be 

 sure your sin will find you out !" The transgressor 

 may be detected, as in this instance, by unlikely means. 

 He who would be safe, and peaceful, and happy, must 

 walk in the way of God's commandments. 



THE BLOOD-HOUND. 



This animal is larger than the common hound, and 

 is generally of a deep tan or reddish colour, with a black 

 spot over each eye. It is indebted for its name to the 

 power it has of tracing wounded animals by their 

 blood. In the early part of the sixteenth century, the 



