Errata.--Before the word "played," in the fifth line, insert the words
"will be."

After the word "played," in the fifth line, insert the words, "if it is
ever played at all."

LOT.

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[Illustration: ILL-BRED DOGS.

WEST-POINTERS, SETTING AT A BLACKBIRD.]

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ON DORGS.

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Dorgs are very useful animals, especially when you have nothing handy
for dinner, and can get them to catch a rabbit for you.

A dorg is a very devoted animal, and should not be taxed, as its master
often is, by its various eccentricities--when it makes off with his
dinner, for instance, or leaves dental impressions on the meat in the
pantry. Indeed, its owner is sometimes tempted to imitate his _canis_ in
the lifting business, and often with such success as to get board and
lodging free.