A BLIND man's DOG. 155 



him from street to street with safety ; but this 

 office^ though very useful^ shows no unusual de- 

 gree of intelhgence. Many dogs are taught to lead 

 the blind : this dog does more. When charitable 

 people fling halfpence from the windows to his 

 master^ he searches carefully for them, picks them 

 up with his mouthy and deposits them in the hand 

 held out to receive them ; and this he repeats, 

 without being tired, whatever number of halfpence 

 may happen to be thrown out. The dexterity of 

 the dog in collecting the money, is an inducement 

 for many to bestow the pittance for which the beg- 

 gar pleads; especially the boys belonging to the 

 school, who are highly amused with exercising the 

 dog in his business, and trying to render the task 

 more difficult by hiding the money in the mud. 

 But whether he be guided by the scent of the copper, 

 or the keenness of his sight, he seldom fails to find 

 them. 



This account interested the party : most of them 

 found a story to relate, some of which are so curious, 

 I must repeat them. 



A dog belonging to Mr. Taylor, a clergyman 

 who lived at Colton, near Wolseley Bridge, was 

 accused of killing numbers of sheep. Complaints 

 were made to his master, who asserted that the 

 tiling was impossible, because he was muzzled every 



