RAGES OF BOGS. 



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sheep from Westmoreland to London, experienced very great diffi- 

 culty, as did also his master, in guiding the sheep among the many 

 cross-roads and by-ways that intersected their route. The master 

 noted the fact that the dog closely observed every turning or corner, 

 and on the next trip over the same route, while the shepherd could 

 only remember now and then one, the dog had every single crossing 



Fig. 1391.— Danish Dog. 



or turning thoroughly learned, and conducted the flock as easily as 

 if from cote to pasture in his native vicinity. 



The poet Hogg, known as " the Ettrick Shepherd," says he has 

 known a drover's dog to mount guard day and night over a dairy 

 full of milk and cream, and never so much as break the cream with 

 the tip of his tongue, nor permit a cat,, rat, or any other creature to 

 touch the milk-pans. 



The ESQUIMAU Dog, — With less beauty than many others, the 

 Esquimau family of dogs (Fig. 1390) yield to none in their service 

 to mankind ; but it may be said that he is by all odds the most cru- 

 elly and ignominiously treated animal that has been subjected to 



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