He was a cunning little devil--full of tricks, and all that; but we never could keep a cow or a horse on the place while he was about.

They'd mysteriously disappear, and we never knew what became of 'em until one morning we surprised Fido in--" "Surprised who ?" asked Doctor Johnson, scornfully.
"Fido," returned Shem.

"'That was my Creosaurus's name." "Lord save us! Fido!" cried Johnson.

"What a name for a Creosaurus!" "Well, what of it ?" asked Shem, angrily.

"You wouldn't have us call a mastodon like that Fanny, would you, or Tatters ?" "Go on," said Johnson; "I've nothing to say." "Shall I send for a physician ?" put in Boswell, looking anxiously at his chief, the situation was so extraordinary.
Solomon and Carlyle giggled; and the Doctor having politely requested Boswell to go to a warmer section of the country, Shem resumed.
"I caught him in the act of swallowing five cows and Ham's favorite trotter, sulky and all." Baron Munchausen rose up and left the room.
"If they're going to lie I'm going to get out," he said, as he passed through the room.
"What became of Fido ?" asked Boswell.
"The sulky killed him," returned Shem, innocently.