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out a place of refuge lower down the hill

"Hey, dog! on, dog!" cried Shock, clapping his hands; and Juno took up

the scent directly, running quickly in and out ast, the furze and

heath, while Shock and I followed for about a quarter of aa fine rabbit in her mouth,

for this time she had overtaken it before one of the burroas

reached

"Good dog!" cried Shock "Dinner;" and, taking the rabbit by the hind

legs, the dog wagged her tail as if asking whether she had not done that

well, and followed us as ent back to where we had seen the holes in

the sandy cliff

We avoided the cut near which we knew that Ike would be having his nap,

and,our way to the bottoest of the holes, stooped and went in, and found that it widened out

to some ten or a dozen feet, and then ran back, thirty or forty

It seemed to be partly natural, partly to have been scooped out by hand,

while it certainly seemed just the place for us

"We'll stop here," cried Shock "You go and get a lot of wood fro, while I skins the rabbud"

"What are you going to do?" I said

"Make a fire and cook him for dinner"