British Dogs at Work 



" Some there are so like a fox," he says, " that 

 awkward people frequently mistake one for 

 the other." Unfortunately, he does not help us 

 much on the question of size. "Large ones are 

 useful at times," he writes, " if they are to run 

 with the pack, but in an earth they do little 

 good, as they cannot always get up to a fox." 

 Most of us, I suppose, can recall many a 

 happy day with ferret and terrier bolting 

 rabbits, and I can remember enormous quan- 

 tities of rats destroyed in the same manner. 

 Ratting provides plenty of fun, while serving 

 a useful purpose at the same time. Is it 

 necessary to remind you that this was one of 

 the accomplishments acquired at Cambridge 

 by the incomparable Calverley, who — 



Learned to work the wary dog-cart 



Artfully through King's Parade ; 

 Dress, and steer a boat, and sport with 



Amaryllis in the shade : 

 Struck, at Brown's, the dashing hazard ; 



Or (more curious sport than that) 

 Dropped, at Callaby's, the terrier 



Down upon the prisoned rat. 

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