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Show Abuse of the Dog. I was on a steamer going to Norfolk. I had a young Laverack gyp, which I Consigned to a waiter to take care of for me. That night just before retiring I hunted her out and found her tied to a block at the extreme bow of the steamer, right between the two hawser holes, through which the anchor chains run. The orifice was as large us a stovepipe, and as it was blowing a gale outside, a current of atr n strong as that of a blast furnace ruslif 'JfiU. anil, blew every hair of the dog nprigbi The poor brute was actually numb, and I am certain she would have died that night had I not rescued her and placed her in a sheltered warm spot. Week's Sport. |