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known me three months, but had formed a very- 

 strong attachment to me. She follows me like my 

 shadow. They accuse her of stealing soap, and say 

 she has a penchant for departed negroes. The fact 

 is she is not overfed. I wish that I had kept her. 

 I have besides two puppies. One is five, the other 

 three months old, and I have had them from their < 

 tenderest infancy." 



The pointer referred to at the commencement of 

 this paragraph was the traveller's favourite, " Rail," 

 the attached and devoted companion of all his wan- 

 derings, his friend in solitude, and faithful to him 

 even after death. 



ROCK AND "RAIL.' 



