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intentions toward her protege. These two strangely as- 

 sorted friends lapped from the same saucer, played together 

 in the garden, and, when Flora indulged in a snooze on 

 the rug, Scugg ensconced himself snugly between her legs. 

 He would mount the dinner-table and carry off sugar, pas- 

 try, or cheese, while Flora waited below to share in the 

 plunder. 



12. One day a man brought Mr. Moss another white rat, 

 while the terrier and Scugg were racing about the room. 

 The stranger was shaken out of the trap, and presently 

 two white rats were scampering across the floor, pursued by 

 Flora. The chase did not last long, one of them quickly 

 falling a victim to the terrier's teeth, much to the experi- 

 mentalist's alarm, as his eyes could not distinguish one rat 

 from the other. Looking around, however, his mind was 

 relieved, for there in his corner was Scugg, with Flora 

 standing sentry before him — a position she held until the 

 man and the dead rat were out of the room. When his 

 master took a wife to himself, a new home was found for 

 Scugg ; but the poor fellow died within a month of his re- 

 moval, and it is not improbable that the separation from 

 his canine friend was the primary cause of the rat's un- 

 timely decease. 



13. Not long ago, an ailing lioness in the Dublin Zo- 

 ological Gardens was so tormented by the rats nibbling her 

 toes that a little terrier was introduced into the cage. His 

 entrance elicited a sulky growl from the invalid ; but, see- 

 ing the visitor toss a rat in the air and catch it with a kill- 

 ing snap as it came down, she at once came to the sensible 

 conclusion that the dog's acquaintance was worth cultivat- 

 ing. Coaxing the terrier to her side, she folded her paw 

 round him and took him to her breast ; and there he rested 

 every night afterward, ready to pounce upon any rat dar- 

 ing to disturb the slumbers of the lioness. 



14. The last time we visited the lion-house of the Ee- 



