Never a walk in the forest, but that Rover was his merry companion.

And what would lessons have been without Rover looking in now and then with his head on one side, and his ears cocked, to know when he would be finished and come out to play?
Oh, memorable day, when Sam got separated from his father in the Yass, and, looking back, saw a cloud of dust in the road, and dimly descried Rover, fighting valiantly against fearful odds, with all the dogs in the township upon him! He rode back, and prayed for assistance from the men lounging in front of the publichouse; who, pitying his distress, pulled off all the dogs till there were only left Rover and a great white bulldog to do battle.

The fight seemed going against Sam's dog; for the bulldog had him by the neck, and held him firm, so that he could do nothing.

Nevertheless, mind yourself, master bulldog; you've only got a mouthful of long hair there; and when you do let go, I think, there is danger for you in those fierce gleaming eyes, and terrible grinning fangs.
Sam was crying; and the men round were saying, "Oh! take the bulldog off; the colley's no good to him,"-- when a man suddenly appeared at Sam's side, and called out, "I'll back the colley for five pounds, and here's my money!" Half-a-dozen five-pound notes were ready for him at once; and he had barely got the stakes posted before the event proved he was right.

In an evil moment for him the bulldog loosed his hold, and, ere he had time to turn round, Rover had seized him below the eye, and was dragging him about the road, worrying him as he would worry an opossum: so the discomfited owner had to remove his bulldog to save his life.
Rover, after showing his teeth and shaking himself, came to Sam as fresh as a daisy; and the new comer pocketed his five pounds.
"I am so much obliged to you," said Sam, turning to him, "for taking my dog's part! They were all against me." "I'm much obliged to your dog, sir, for winning me five pound so easy.
But there ain't a many bad dogs, or bad men either, about Major Buckley's house." "Then you know us ?" said Sam.
"Ought to it, sir.