. Bombay ducks; an account of some of the every-day birds and beasts found in a naturalist's Eldorado . vous tricks. He is essentiallya mans dog. Tony is what the women-folk call an affectionatedog —this means that he makes friends with everystranger who comes within the gates. The morestrange the person, the more pleased is Tony to seehim. He is fond of all men, and loves eatables ashimself He is as partial to the kitchen as a schoolboyto the tuck shop. Mischievous, restless, and disobedient,Tony is the canine counterpart of the bad boy whosediary we all read with delight. Bob, although, unli
. Bombay ducks; an account of some of the every-day birds and beasts found in a naturalist's Eldorado . vous tricks. He is essentiallya mans dog. Tony is what the women-folk call an affectionatedog —this means that he makes friends with everystranger who comes within the gates. The morestrange the person, the more pleased is Tony to seehim. He is fond of all men, and loves eatables ashimself He is as partial to the kitchen as a schoolboyto the tuck shop. Mischievous, restless, and disobedient,Tony is the canine counterpart of the bad boy whosediary we all read with delight. Bob, although, unlike the volatile Tony^ he does notspend his days in cutting mad capers, in trying tocatch his own tail and committing other such frivolities,likes exercise in moderation. He is distinctly fond ofshikar, and is quite content to sit half the day undera tree contemplating with eager eyes the squirrels,which are disporting themselves among the branchesand openly insulting him. At night, when the squirrelsare asleep in their dreys, the musk - rats give himsufficient exercise to keep his body in IHK MGirr HERUN STUDY IN ANIMAL CHARACTER 233 Tony spends his days in running about like the pro-verbial March hare. Except when asleep, he is neverstill. He is not a good sporting dog. His idea ofshikar is to chase an aged, inoffensive rooster, or tobait some unfortunate tethered calf. Bob leads a sober and orderly life. I have neverseen him looking dishevelled. Tojiy^ on the other hand,reminds one of the inky-fingered, dirty-collared, tie-less urchin, who habitually plays truant. He cannotenjoy a run in the garden without discovering a dirtypuddle. This, in his opinion, requires investigation. Tony^ by the by, investigates everything; he has aninquiring mind. The invariable result of his investiga-tion is that the dirtiest portions of that puddle findthemselves transferred to the person of Tony. Theyare borne off triumphantly, clinging to his paws andbody. Tony then proceeds to ma
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