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wise have completed the distance in the short period of 

 time it took to reach home, viz., between ten o'clock in 

 the morning and five o'clock at night. I have heard of 

 several similar cases, but none where there was abso- 

 lutely no road to serve as a guide ; the dog, being used 

 to the hills, was apparently acquainted with the latitude 

 and longitude of its whereabouts, and went home as 

 straight as the crow flies. 



The grand old breed of Scotch terriers which Dandie 

 Dinmont made famous is not yet extinct. Among 

 others, the Laird of Ardachie possesses two very good 

 and plucky specimens. He, too, adheres to the names 

 to which Dandie was so partial, and, like the old 

 borderer, calls his dogs Mustard and Pepper. In the 

 various fox hunts — that is, fox-hunting as known in the 

 Highlands and in the border country — within the Fort 

 Augustus district, Mustard and Pepper have for some 

 years played no undistinguished parts. Within the 

 last few months both have been the heroes of adven- 

 tures, the particulars of which we propose to recount. 

 In the autumn of last year Mustard was parted with. 

 The new master to whom he was transferred lives in 

 Strathdearn, twelve miles beyond Moy. The terrier 

 was taken by steamer from Fort Augustus to Inverness, 

 and from thence to his destination in what most High- 

 landers to this day persist in calling a ' machine.' He 

 had never before been in the Highland capital, and, ot 

 course, had previously never set foot in Strathdearn. 

 Mustard, during his journey, and at its end especially, 

 appeared restless and unsettled. He unmistakably 

 rebelled against removal to an altitude to which he 

 had not been accustomed. Feeling, and no doubt 

 suffering, as he did, is it to be wondered at that when 



