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the most profound interest in everything connected with 
fires, and wherever one broke out Bob was almost sure to 
be at hand. He did not attach himself to any fire sta- 
tion, but went about here and there all over London. 
getting his bed and board at different stations, always on 
the look-out for a fire. If he saw an engine galloping 
along the street on its way to a fire, Bob joimed it in 
high glee, and eventually he became a well-known character 
in the Metropolis. 
A few years ago, I knew a small mongrel whose delight it 
was to ride with the guards all over the Metropolitan Rail- 
way, sleeping at whatever station she happened to be set down 
the last thing at night. So strong had this habit become, 
that, as one of the guards told me, when she had a litter of 
puppies, she wanted to carry them all right off into the 
train; but, as this was prevented, she took long rides in the 
intervals of suckling her young. A bull terrier of my ac- 
quaintance took a fancy to riding all over the north of 
London on tramcars, sometimes passing the whole day in this 
manner, going from one car to another. Often, even when 
out with his master, Spot would be fired with excitement on 
hearing the tinkle of the bell, and jump up beside the driver, 
with whom he would ride to the end of that journey, then 
taking another car in some other direction. Thus he became 
a well-known character and a great favourite with the men on 
the suburban lines. Although Spot kept very late hours, his 
master had no fear for his safety, for he seemed to know 
his own business thoroughly. Dogs who behave in this way 
must have a strong spice of vagabondism in their nature; 
or is it, perhaps, comparable to the sense of duty we feel in 
our own avocations in life? 
An instance of this peculiar interest in the occupations 
of man, rather than in the human creature himself, occurred 
in my own family. Dash, a large Newfoundland bred dog, 
had a singular passion for attending funerals. My father 
was incumbent of a small living in a village of about a 
