Zoological Sketches: a Contribution to the Out-Door Study of Natural History

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Zoological Sketches: a Contribution to the Out-Door Study of Natural History
Felix Leopold Oswald
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The beef-packery is guarded at night by a dozen ugly- looking mastiffs, and the tramp dogs generally give the establishment an extensive berth ; but in the hard winter of '76 they put in an appearance, at least in daytime, when the mastiffs were chained up. They used to sit in groups on the slope of a little hill near the matanza, appealing to the charity of the proprietor by yelping in chorus every now and then. There was so much waste stuff around the place that the captain concluded to grant... their petition, and, by way of encouragement, sent them a car-load of beef-bones and " rippings, " instruct- ing the driver to scatter the scraps between the hill and the bone-pit. The tramps took the hint, and soon visited the pit every morning, in spite of the furious protest of the chain dogs. All went well for a couple of months: the tramps enjoyed their bonanza discreetly, and the !3 O ZOOLOGICAL SKETCHES.
chained mastiffs became hoarse and more tolerant. But in the horse-stable, behind the packery, a mastiff bitch had been quartered with her litter of puppies, and one evil day the door was left open, and the bitch at once made a rush for the pit.


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