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strain, and was also a descendant of a mighty 

 dog named Ajax, which had been given to Mr 

 Wootton by the late Hon. Grantley Berkeley. 

 Tim was a good terrier, and very sensible. He 

 was a wonderful worker with ferrets, and would 

 tell you where they were by barking. He was 

 also good at marking rabbits and rats to ground, 

 stopping and giving a short yap when he found 

 one in an earth ; and I have never known him 

 to be wroncr. 



Tim had an inveterate dislike to donkeys, and 

 his ire was always roused by the sight of one 

 tethered to the roadside. He would fly at the 

 donkey's head, barking violently, but taking care 

 to spring back whenever his victim made for him. 



My old brindled bulldog Jack had the same 

 antipathy, and once created quite a sensation in 

 Stalbridge with a donkey. A friend had taken 

 the dog for a walk with him to the town, and 

 while he went into the post-office he left Jack 

 outside. Just then an old woman in a donkey- 

 cart drove up and stopped at the door, and her 

 donkey, seeing Jack sniffing about in the gutter, 

 unwisely caught hold of him by the middle of 

 the back. Jack, who was an old Pottery fight- 

 ing dog, was always ready for a fray ; so, 

 wrenching himself free, he had Neddy firml}?" by 

 the nose in an instant. The startled animal 

 reared straight up, lifting the cart with him, 

 and the old woman rolled out behind. The 

 latter's language as she picked herself up was 



