We followed a path for a while, which allowed us for the moment to keep up with Arab, while he told us a little about other dogs that he had trained to be hunting dogs, for use in clearing islands of predators. There was one dog he was particularly fond of, which was their top hunting dog, a ferocious killer of an animal. They had taken the dog all the way to Round Island, near Mauritius, with them a few years ago to help with a big rabbit-clearance program. Unfortunately, once it got there, it turned out to be terrified of rabbits and had to be taken home.
