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lion that in a second or two the hind-wheel must have gone 

 ever him. The Elephant, which was stationed behind the 

 gun, perceiving the predicament in which the man was, 

 instantly, without any warning from its keeper, lifted up 

 the wheel with its trunk, and kept it suspended till the 

 carriage had passed clear of him."* 



While an old man was wandering by the side of one 

 of the largest tributaries of the Almaud, he observed a 

 Badger moving leisurely along the ledge of a rock on the 

 opposite bank. In a little time a Fox came up, and, after 

 walking for some distance close in the rear of the poor 

 Badger, he leaped into the water. Immediately afterwards 

 came a pack of hounds at full speed in pursuit of the Fox, 

 who by this time was far enough off floating down the 

 stream, but the luckless Badger was instantly torn to 

 pieces by the dogs."t 



" A gentleman was engaged in the amusement of cours- 

 ing, when a Hare, closely pressed, passed under a gate, 

 while the dogs followed, by leaping over it. The delay 

 caused to her pursuers by this manoeuvre seems to have 

 taught a sudden and useful lesson to the persecuted crea- 

 ture, for as soon as the dogs had cleared the gate and over- 

 taken her, she doubled and returned under the gate as 

 before, the dogs again following and passing over it. And 

 this flirtation continued backwards and forwards until the 

 dogs were fairly tired of the amusement, when the Hare, 

 taking advantage of their fatigue, quietly stole away. 5 ' J 



Of Dogs numberless well-authenticated stories are on 

 record (and almost every one can add to the number from 



* "Twelve Years' Military Adventure." f "Zoologist," LL 



X Loudon's Mag. N. H., iv. 



