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came out as sound and handsome as ever. Seve­
ral times, too, he was stolen, and though more

than once kept away over a* week, yet he always

found his way home again, worn ont and dis­

tressed, perhaps, but doubly welcome after his
captivity and escape. The most remarkable in­

stance of! this homing instinct was on one occasion

when we concluded he must have been taken

away on some vessel coming near our place tor

wuter. He had been gone all the week, and we
were greatly in fear we should never see him

again. On Saturday afternoon we had been out

to a ledge of rocks a mile from the shore, in the

.sail-boat, after lobsters and other sheli-flsh, and,

as we made sail and turned for home, one of the
boys in t-he bow called out:

*f There is something adrift over towards Sandy

Hook. Let’s run out and see what it is,JJ
The elder boys did not want to go so far from

home for such a trifle, but the sharp-eyed young­

sters brought the glass to bear on the drifting

object, and declared they believed it was some­

thing moving. AVe accordingly steered for the