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MANUAL OF MODERN FARRIERY. 
Well as I knew him, he often astonished me ; for, when 
hard pressed in accomplishing the task that he was put to, 
he had expedients of the moment that bespoke a great share 
of the reasoning faculty.” 
Amongst other remarkable exploits of Sirrah’s, as illus¬ 
trative of his sagacity, Mr. Hogg relates, that, upon one oc¬ 
casion, about seven hundred lambs, which were under his 
care at weaning-time, broke up at midnight, and scampered 
off in three divisions, across the neighbouring hills, in spite 
of all that he and an assistant could do to keep them to¬ 
gether ; “ Sirrah,” cried the shepherd, in great affliction, 
my man, they’re a’ awa’.” The night was so dark that he 
could not see Sirrah ; but the faithful animal heard and 
knew the import of his master’s words,—words such as, of 
all others, were sure to set him on the alert; and without 
more ado, he silently set off in quest of the recreant flock. 
Meanwhile the shepherd and his companion did not fail to 
do all in their power to recover their lost charge ; they 
spent the whole night in scouring the hills for miles round, 
but of neither the lambs nor Sirrah could they obtain the 
slightest trace. It was the most extraordinary circumstance 
that had ever occurred in the annals of pastoral life. They 
had nothing for it, day having dawned, but to return to their 
master, and inform him that they had lost his whole flock 
of lambs, and knew not what was become of them. “ On 
our way home, however,” says Hogg, “ we discovered a lot of 
lambs at the bottom of a deep ravine, called the c Flesh 
Cleuch/ and the indefatigable Sirrah standing in front of 
them, looking round for some relief, but still true to his 
charge. The sun was then up, and when we first came in 
view, we concluded it was one of the divisions which Sirrah 
nad been unable to manage, until he came to that command¬ 
ing situation. But what was our astonishment, when we 
