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sort, with soft coat of wavy mustard-coloured hair 

 tipped with black ; sharp, prick ears, just turned over 

 at the top ; such taper paws ; tail carried over the 

 back and parting like an ostrich plume ; she had 

 dark eyes. I had her directly she could be taken 

 from her mother, and in my bachelor days she hardly 

 ever left me, often going in my pocket when I was 

 riding — her head and forepaws outside. I once left 

 her for six months with some friends whilst I went 

 abroad, and on my return a most curious thing 

 occurred. I drove from the station, distant about 

 six miles from my friends' house, arriving there past 

 nine in the evening. Fanny (that was her name) 

 was shut up in the harness-room, but about four 

 o'clock the next morning I was awakened by 

 scratching and whining at my door, and on getting 

 up and opening it, there was Fanny, who was ex- 

 ceptionally delighted to see me, and jumped on my 

 bed and went to sleep. On getting up I noticed 

 her paws were very sore and bleeding, and on going 

 down, asked where she had been and how she had 

 found me. It turned out thus : she had been 

 locked up in the harness-room as usual, and this 

 was quite 200 yards from the house; but had set 

 to work, and scratched her way out, tearing a hole 

 through the weather boarding close to the door- 

 post ; she then came round to a court at the back 



