[To THE EDITOR OP TEl " SPECTATOR."' SIR,—An interesting incident
which happened years ago, but which has not yet been recorded, ought not to be lost, suggestive as it is of a very practical lesson. It was found that a small flock of sheep were worried each night by a dog. When a watch was kept, the dog failed to appear, and the shepherd had recourse to an ingenious plan for outwitting him. He erected a small platform of hurdles over the fold, on which he piled some straw. On to this he clambered with his gun, and roosted himself for the night. Between three and four in the morning he detected a dog in the distance. The dog was carefully making circuits of the fold, gradually drawing nearer to it, till he came within gun- shot, without detecting his danger, and suffered accordingly. The remarkable circumstance was that on previous occasions the "ground scent" had reached the dog at a distance, but the man's elevation had now cut this off.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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