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same dog was one afternoon passing’ through a 
field in the skirts of Dartmouth, where a washer- 
woman had hung out her linen to dry. He 
stopped and surveyed one particular shirt with 
attention ; then seizing it, he dragged it away 
through the dirt to his master, whose shirt it 
proved to be. 
In December, 1784, a dog was left by a smug- 
gling vessel near Boomer, on the coast of Northum- 
berland. Finding himself deserted, he began to 
worry tbe sheep ; and did so much damage, that 
lie became the terror of the country, for a circuit 
of above twenty miles. We are assured, that 
when he caught a sheep, he bit a hole in its right 
side* and after eating the fat about the kidneys, 
left it. Several, thus lacerated, were found alive 
by the shepherds ; and being properly attended to, 
some of them recovered, and afterwards had. Iambs. 
From his delicacy in this respect, the destruction 
lie made may in some measure be conceived ; as 
it may be supposed, the fat of one sheep a -day 
would hardly satisfy his hunger. The farmers 
were ‘so much alarmed by his depredations, that 
various means were taken for his destruction. 
They pursued him witfc hounds, greyhounds, &c. 
but, when the dogs came up to him, he lay down 
on his hack, as if supplicating for mercy, and in 
that position they did not attempt to hurt him. 
He therefore used to lie quietly till the men ap- 
proached ; when he made off, without being 
followed by tbe bounds, till they were again excited 
to the pursuit, which always terminated unsuccess- 
fully. He was one day pursued from Howie k 
to the distance of upwards of thirty miles ; but 
returned thither and killed sheep the same even- 
ing. His constant residence during the day, was 
upon a rock on the Heugh-hill, near Howick, 
yrhere he had a view of four roads that approached 
