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him most on the alert; and, witliout more atlo, lie silently set off in quest 

 of tlie recreant flock. Mcauwliile the shepherd and his conijianion did not 

 fail to do all in their power to recover their lost charge ; they spent the 

 wiiiile night in scouring the hills for miles round, but of neither the lambs 

 niir Sirrah could they obtain the slightest trace. It was the most extraor- 

 dinary circumstance that had ever occurred in the annals of pastoral life. 

 Tliey had notliing to do, as day hail dawned, but to return -to their master, 

 and inform him that they had lost his \\hole flock of lambs, and knew not 

 what was become of one of them. 



" On our way home, however," continues INlr. Hogg, " we discovered a li)t 

 of lambs at the bottom of a deep ravine called the Flesh Clench, and tlic 

 indefatigable Sirrah standing in front of them, looking round for some 

 relief, Ijut still true to his charge. The sun was then up ; and when we first 

 came in view, we-concluded that it was one of the divisions which Sirrali 

 had been mial>le to manage until he came to tliat conunanding situation. 

 r>ut wjiat was our astonishment when we discovered that not one lamlj of 

 the whole flock ■was wanting ! How he had got all the divisions collected 

 in the dark is bev(.)nil mv comprehension. The charge was left entirely to 

 himself from midnight until tlie rising sun : and if all the shepherds in the 

 forest had lieeu there to have assisted him, they could not have effected it 

 with greater propriety. ^Vll that I can i'urtlicr say is, that I never felt so 

 gratefid to any creature under the sun as I did to my honest Sirrah that 

 morning." 



Tiiic !)()(: AM) THE l'>Ai\i:i;. — -"The wisest dog," says Sir W.-dter 

 Scott, " I ever hail, was what is called the rmlldog I'errier. I taught him 

 to understand a great many words, insonuich that I am positive that the 

 connuunicatiim betwixt the canine species and ourselves might be greatly 

 enlarged, ("amp once I.iit the baker, who was bringing bread to the 

 i'amilv. 1 beat him, and explained the enormity of his offence; after 

 wliich, to the last moment of his life, he never heard the least allusion to 

 the storv, in whatever voice or tone it was mentioned, without getting up 

 and retiring into the dai'kest corner of the room, with great appearance 

 of distress. Then, if you said, 'The baker was well paid,' or, 'The baker 

 was not hurt, after all,' Camp came forth from his hiding-place, capered, 

 barked, and rejoii'cd. ^Vhen he was luiable, towards the end of his life, 

 to attend me when on horseback, he used to watch for my return, and the 

 servant used to tell him ' his master was coming down the hill, or through 

 the moor,' and although he did not use any gestiu'e to explain his meaning. 

 Camp was never known to nustakc him, but either went out at the front to 

 go up the hill, or at the back to get down to the moorside. lie certainly 

 had a singular kno\\ ledge of spoken language.'' 



