Upon the following morning the storm had cleared away, and a
bright sky had succeeded to the gloom of the preceding night.

Immediately after breakfast, Mr. Prideaux, accompanied by his dog
(who was, although rather stiff, not much the worse for the rough
treatment he had received), started for a walk towards the house to
which he had directed Turk upon the previous evening. He was
anxious to discover whether his friend had been absent, as he
concluded that the dog might have been waiting for admittance, and
had been perhaps attacked by some dogs belonging to the house, or
its neighbours'.

The master and Turk had walked for nearly a mile, and had just
turned the corner of a street when, as they passed a butcher's shop
upon the right hand, a large brindled mastiff rushed from the
shop-door, and flew at Turk with unprovoked ferocity.

"Call your dog off!" shouted Mr. Prideaux to the butcher, who
surveyed the attack with impudent satisfaction.... "Call him
off, or my dog will kill him!" continued Mr. Prideaux.

The usually docile Turk had rushed to meet his assailant with a
fury that was extraordinary. With a growl like that of a lion, he
quickly seized his antagonist by the throat; rearing upon his hind
legs, he exerted his tremendous strength, and in a fierce struggle
of only a few seconds, he threw the brindled dog upon its back. It
was in vain that Mr. Prideaux endeavoured to call him off, the rage
of his favourite was quite ungovernable; he never for an instant
relaxed his hold, but with the strength of a wild beast of prey,