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most businesslike way. Once when a refractory 

 bull refused to mind her, and she had been jump- 

 ing and barking at his head for some minutes 

 without the desired effect, she suddenly changed 

 her tactics. Eunning behind him, she seized him 

 by the tail, and hung on so persistently that she 

 was swuns: in the air as the bull whirled round in 

 his efforts to get at her. Failing to dislodge her, 

 the animal at last took fright and beat a precipi- 

 tate retreat. Whether the bull laid up the remem- 

 brance of this exploit against her I cannot say, but 

 Bobbins was nearly caught by him one day when 

 he charged her unexpectedly. She only escaped 

 by turning head over heels and rolling cleverly to 

 one side. Then before he could turn she was on 

 her legs again and snapping at his heels, and this 

 so disconcerted him that he made off" and never 

 seemed to care to try conclusions with her again. 



Bobbins and my Russian pony Houp-la are great 

 friends, and if the former is not with me when I 

 go out driving, the pony will keep looking back 

 and neighing for her. Once when I did not wish 

 to take Bobbins, I had her shut up just before I 

 started, but before long she made her escape and 

 set off' in search of the pony. Thinking I had 

 driven to Sherborne, a distance of five miles, 

 Bobbins ran there and went straight to the inn 

 stables, where I sometimes put up. Not finding 

 us, she returned home, very hot after her ten-mile 

 run, but very pleased to find her friends again. 



I had a very amusing experience with Bobbins 



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