The use of artificial means to make the creature diabolical was a flash of genius upon his part.

The dog he bought in London from Ross and Mangles, the dealers in Fulham Road.

It was the strongest and most savage in their possession.

He brought it down by the North Devon line and walked a great distance over the moor so as to get it home without exciting any remarks.

He had already on his insect hunts learned to penetrate the Grimpen Mire, and so had found a safe hiding-place for the creature.