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THE POET'S WOLFHOUND
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James Street, Lincoln
with a curious black patch near the collar. She had a litter of thirteen, and one of these with the mother, "Lufra," was given to the writer when living at Park Hill, Lyndhurst, in the New Forest. The puppy, "Cossack," was Mrs. Rawnsley's constant companion till he died of old age in his sleep; the mother went to Farringford to replace an old favourite that Tennyson had lately lost. Her new owner changed her name to Karenina, and she was his constant companion to the end. Once again, if not twice, she had a litter of thirteen, and the cares of her large family not unnaturally were at times too much for her temper.
