DOG’S GREAT SWIM
SEVEN MILES IN ROUGH SEA There is a fisherman at Lossiemouth, Scotland, who is so fond of his Airedale terrier that he even takes the dog to sea with him. Probably it would be truer to say the dog takes himself to sea, trots after his master, hops on board, and, like Nelson, turns a blind eye to all signals of retreat. The other day this comradeship suffered an interruption. When the drifter was seven miles from the Island of Eigg, on the West Coast of Scotland, a great wave washed the dog overboard and he disappeared. Of course his master thought he would never see him again, and wished he had tied the dog up at home before going to sea. Imagine his astonishment when some days later he learned that the dog was safe and sound! The dog had swum the seven miles to shore, and. as it was swept exhausted on to the beach it had the great good fortune to be seen by a woman doctor. She cared for it so well that it made a good, recovery, and now the broken partnership has been renewed.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4057, 15 December 1931, Page 17
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193DOG’S GREAT SWIM Otago Witness, Issue 4057, 15 December 1931, Page 17
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