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they would often on a winter's evening seat them- 

 selves by the barn door waiting for some one to 

 bring a lamp and let them in. When this was 

 done, and the mice, confused by the sudden light, 

 were running helplessly about, the little terriers 

 would snap them up, and I have known them 

 catch as many as twenty in an evening. Bugle 

 was very amusing with a large fox that at one 

 time I had chained to a kennel. When any one 

 wished to see the fox I used to tell Bugle to pull 

 Charlie out of his house, and the little thing would 

 dash in and after a scrimmage come out backwards, 

 dragging the fox after her by one side of his head. 

 The fox would lie quite still on his back with his 

 mouth wide open till she released him, and then 

 with an angry snap he would spring to his legs 

 and dash back into his box. 



Bugle once had an amusing- scrimmage with 

 some monkeys. I was making my usual morning 

 visit to the kennels for the purpose of letting the 

 terriers out for their run, when my ears were sud- 

 denly saluted by the lively sound of an organ. 

 Looking out, I saw to my horror two Italians with 

 a barrel-organ on which were perched two monkeys. 

 The terriers I had already released had scampered 

 off, but Bugle, who had been attracted by the 

 noise, no sooner saw the monkeys than she seized 

 one by the tail, which was hanging low enough 

 for her to reach, and tried to pull him down. 

 Happily the monkey held tight to the organ, 

 screaming loudly, and his companion, being fright- 



