the fainting man may apply for support; and another has a cloak to cover him. These wonderful exertions are often

successful; and even where they fail of restoring him who has perished, the Dogs discover the body, so that it may be secured for the recognition of friends; and such is the effect of the temperature, that the dead features generally preserve their firmness for the space of two years.

There is a most interesting account of the rescue of a child from death, by one of these Dogs, which is sweetly put into verse by Mrs. Sigourney.

'Twas night in good St. Bernard's hall,

And winter held his sway,

And round their fire the monks recall
The perils of the day:

Their fruitless search 'mid storm and blast,
Some traveller to befriend :

And with the tale of perils past,
A hymn of praise they blend.

When loud at their monastic gate
The Dog was heard to inoan.
Why doth he wander forth so late,
Unguided and alone?-

Long on the dreariest Alpine height
Inured to bold pursuit,

His shaggy coat with frost-work white
In rushed the lordly brute.

And crouching at his master's feet
A burden strange he laid,

A beauteous babe, with aspect sweet,
Close wrapp'd in silken plaid.

The enduring affection of Dogs for their masters is well known.

In the year 1827 there was a Dog constantly to be seen in St. Bride's Churchyard, Fleet Street, which for two years had refused to leave the place where his master was buried. He did not appear miserable; he evidently recollected their old companionship, and he imagined that their friendship would again be renewed. The inhabitants of the houses round the church daily fed the poor creature, and the sexton built him a little kennel. But he would never quit the spot; and there he died.

The stories of attachment between lions and Dogs are well authenticated; and in several instances the stronger animal has afforded a protection to his trembling victim, which has ripened into friendship. In a well regulated travelling menagerie, belonging to a person named Aikins, there was in the autumn of 1828, a spaniel bitch, affording sustenance to a young tiger, that was sick, and not expected to live, and which she evidently tended with affectionate solicitude.

The practice of teaching Dogs tricks is as old as the ancient Romans.

Plutarch says he saw a Dog at Rome, at the theatre of Marcellus, which performed most extraordinary feats, taking his part in a farce which was played before the Emperor Vespasian. Among other things he counterfeited himself dead, after having feigned to eat a certain drug by swallowing a piece of bread. At first he began to tremble and stagger, as if he were astonished; and, at length, stretching himself out stiff, as if he had been dead, he suffered himself to be drawn and dragged from place to place, as it was his part to do; but afterwards, when he knew it to be time, he

began first gently to stir, as if newly awaked out of some profound sleep, and lifting up his head, looked about him, after such a manner as astonished all the spectators.

The faculty by which animals can communicate their ideas to each other is very striking; in Dogs it is particularly remarkable. There are many curious anecdotes recorded, illustrative of this faculty.

At Horton, England, about the year 1818, a gentleman from London took possession of a house, the former tenant of which had moved to a farm about half a mile off.

The new inmate brought with him a large French poodle Dog, to take the duty of watchman, in the place of a fine Newfoundland Dog, which went away with his master; but a puppy of the same breed was left behind, and he was instantly persecuted by the poodle. As the puppy grew up, the persecution still continued. At length, he was one day missing for some hours; but he did not come back alone, he returned with his old friend, the large house-dog, to whom he had made a communication; and in an instant the two fell upon the unhappy poodle, and killed him before he could be rescued from their fury.

In this case, the injuries of the young Dog must have been made known to his friend; a plan of revenge concerted; and the determination to carry that plan into effect formed and executed with equal promptitude.

The following story, which illustrates, even in a more singular manner, the communication of ideas between Dogs, was told by a clergyman, as an authentic anecdote.

A surgeon of Leeds found a little spaniel who had been lamed. He carried the poor animal home, bandaged up his leg, and, after two or three days, turned him out. The Dog returned to the surgeon's house every morning, till his leg was perfectly well. At the end of several months, the spaniel again presented himself, in company with another Dog, who had also been lamed; and he intimated, as well as piteous and intelligent looks could intimate, that he

desired the same kind assistance to be rendered to his friend, as had been bestowed upon himself. A similar circumstance is stated to have occurred to Moraut, a celebrated

French surgeon.

The following two instances also afford remarkable proofs of the sagacity of these animals. A British officer in the 44th regiment who had occasion, when in Paris, to pass one of the bridges across the Seine, had his boots, which had been previously well polished, dirted by a poodle Dog rubbing against them. He in consequence went to a man who was stationed on the bridge, and had them cleaned. The same circumstance having occurred more than once, his curiosity was excited, and he watched the Dog. He saw him roll himself in the mud of the river, and then watch for a person with well polished boots, against which he contrived to rub himself. Finding that the shoeblack was the owner of the Dog, he taxed him with the artifice; and, after a little hesitation, he confessed that he had taught the Dog the trick in order to procure customers for himself. The officer being much struck with the Dog's sagacity, purchased him at a high price, and brought him to England. He kept him tied up in London for some time, and then released him. The Dog remained with him a day or two, and then made his escape. A fortnight afterwards he was found with his former master, pursuing his old trade on the bridge.

A friend of mine had a poodle Dog possessed of more than ordinary sagacity, but he was, however, under little command. For the purpose of keeping him in better order, my friend purchased a small whip, with which he corrected the Dog once or twice during a walk. On his return the whip was put on a table in the hall, and the next morning it was missing. It was soon afterwards found concealed in an old building, and was again made use of in correcting the Dog. It was, however, again lost, but found hidden in another place. On watching the Dog, who was suspected of being the culprit, he was seen to take the whip

from the hall-table, and run away with it, in order again to hide it.

We must not neglect to mention the utility of Dogs to those unfortunates who are deprived of sight. The sagacity and fidelity of these little creatures are admirable. In America, it is not common to see a blind beggar led by a Dog, but in Europe, the spectacle is of frequent occurrence. It is well known that one of these Dogs will lead the blind man about, stopping at such places as he is accustomed to ask alms at, will lead him safely between carts and waggons, and show the most surprising intelligence and fidelity in taking care of him.

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