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tion 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 Alraand, he observed a 
Badger moving leisiu’ely 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, ho leaped into the water. Immediately afterwards 
came a pack of hounds at full speed in pursuit of the i ox, 
who by this time was far enough off floating down the 
stream, but the luckless Badger was instantly torn to 
pieces by the dogs.”+ 
« A gentleman was engaged in the amusement of cours- 
ing, when a Hare, closely prossed, passed under a gate, 
while the dogs followed, by leaping over it. The delay 
caused to her pursuers by this manoeuvre seems to have 
tausht 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.’’ $ 
Of Dogs numberless well-authenticated stories are on 
record (and almost every one can add to the number from 
* “Twelve Tears* Military Adventure.” t “ Zoologist,” ii 
{ Loudon's JVlag". N. H., iv. 
