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he is 30 eloquent. Here is one of the little dog's exploits. 

 Mr. Anderson had wounded a huge rhinoceros, which somehow 

 managed to escape a few hundred yards and then came to a 

 stand. 



" At break of day my men were on his trail. He had still 

 strength enough to make a dash at them; and would pro- 

 bably have laid hold on some of them had not a small bitch 

 (half terrier and half bull-dog, and called Venus in derision of 

 her ugliness) caught the enraged animal by the lower lip, 

 where she stuck with such tenacity that the rhinoceros, with 

 all his fury, was unable to shake her off. She only relin- 

 quished her hold when her huge antagonist was fairly laid 

 ■prostrate by a ball. The sagacity of this favourite dog was 

 as great as her courage. Being now in a game country, all 

 sorts of beasts of prey abounded, more especially jackals, which 

 might be seen runniag about by dozens. In order not to 

 frighten the elephant and other large animals, we were in the 

 habit of encamping some little way from the water, to which 

 Miss Venus regularly resorted to bathe and drink. On seeing 

 a jackal, she instantly crouched, looking very timid. Reynard 

 mistaking her posture for an indication of fear, and probably 

 thinking that from her diminutive size she would prove an 

 easy conquest, boldly approached the supposed victim. But 

 he had reckoned without his host; for the instant that the 

 cunning dog found her antagonist sufficiently near, she leapt 

 like a cat at his throat, and, once there, the beast had no 

 chance. She then returned to the camp, where her contented 

 looks and bleeding jaws soon attracted the attention of the men, 

 who immediately went on her track and brought in the jackal, 

 who was valued on account of his fur." 



" I once possessed a dog, a pointer," writes a friend of the 

 Rev. J. Gr. Wood, " whose nose, sight, and instinct were well 

 developed ; and, as he was my companion for many a day, and 

 my only friend for many months, some of his peculiarities 

 may not be uninteresting. 



" The dog could point a partridge, but would eat it too if he 

 had a chance ; and often when I could not take a day's shoot- 

 ing I have observed my dog doing a little amateur work on hia 

 own account. Very successful also was he in this occupation, 

 and he frequently dined on a partridge or quail which he had 

 gained by means of his own skill. There was no conceahng the 

 fact, however, that he was an arrant coward, and he himself 

 was perfectly conscious of this defect. As is usual amongsi 



