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hunt with two or three couple of terriers, and for 

 a time all went merrily. Suddenly I heard an 

 exclamation from the keeper, and as I turned, five 

 sheep, with Frosty at their heels, rushed past me 

 into a gateway. In a second Frosty had one of 

 them by the hind-leg, and giving him a sudden 

 jerk had him on his back, when he flew at his 

 throat. Unfortunately, before I could get hold 

 of him, the man shouted at the dog and waved a 

 stick threateningly, at which Frosty let go his 

 hold and bolted into a hedge, from which it took 

 me an hour to coax him out and get his lead on. 

 If he had not been frightened I should not have 

 had so much trouble with him, though I should, 

 of course, have made him understand his fault. 



After this little performance I gave Frosty 

 plenty of rabbiting and ratting, to which he took 

 very kindly, and in the meantime he was kept 

 away from sheep until he had been thoroughly 

 entered. After a little time the keeper told me 

 one morning that there was a rabbit sitting in the 

 middle of a field in which the sheep were, so taking 

 Frosty in a lead, I had out another terrier, and we 

 started to course the rabbit. As soon as the latter 

 was put up I slipped Frosty, and away the two 

 terriers went, the sheep crossing them at every 

 turn. As there was no hedge handy and the ter- 

 riers were very fast, they ran into the rabbit 

 handsomely. Frosty was very pleased with him- 

 self and carried his game home in his mouth, 

 without taking the least notice of the sheep, which 



