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ened at his cries, sprang on to one of the men's 

 shoulders and clasped him round the neck. The 

 situation was comic in the extreme, and just then 

 the other terriers came back to see what was going 

 on. They of course promptly did their best to 

 make matters worse, and the organ - grinders 

 shouted with rage, their remarks luckily being 

 in their native tongue or my ears might have had 

 a shock. As the little dogs continued their at- 

 tentions, the men at last took to their heels and 

 disappeared down the drive with all the terriers 

 in pursuit. When the dogs came back they 

 seemed very pleased with themselves, and I was 

 not sorry that the men did not repeat their 

 visit. 



A terrier I had some years ago, named The 

 Dragon from his having come into my possession 

 on St George's Day, had the grizzled tan head of 

 the black -and -tan. The Dragon was bred from 

 the Rev. J. Bussell's Tip, a dog given by his 

 owner to the late Captain Harry Farr Yeatman, 

 R.N. Tip was a son of Mr Russell's celebrated 

 Old Tip, Dragon's mother Spot being also bred 

 by Mr Russell. The Dragon was a big wire- 

 haired dog with rather fly-away ears, but he 

 was bold and resolute, and all there when he 

 was wanted. 



Some years ago Mr Wootton sent me a black- 

 and - tan wire - haired terrier which very much 

 resembled our old one-eyed Ben. This was said 

 to have been bred from the old Badminton 



