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was named after the vessel. '' It happened/' says he, 

 " that a huge whale reared his unwieldy back out of 

 the water, near the ship. Blisson barked : the whale, 

 unused to such an attack, flapped the sea with his 

 monstrous tail. Blisson was in an agony of ardour to 

 be at him. The whale put his nostril to the water's 

 edge, and snorted a river into the air. Blisson could 

 stand that no longer, but jumped into the sea from our 

 quarter-deck, and chased him. Calling and roaring 

 were of no use. Fortunately, the whale thought pro- 

 per to dive, or my Blisson would have fared worse 

 than Jonah." 



Mr. Capel Lofft, of Troston Hall in Suffolk, had a 

 dog that showed a most affectionate and tractable dis- 

 position. This dog was of that kind called by Bewick 

 the elegant terrier. The poor animal had by some 

 chance met with a severe injury, and, in the agony it 

 suffered, took refuge in Mr. Lofft's court-yard. He 

 was from home, and, from the spasms that affected the 

 dog, the family apprehended he was mad. On Mr. 

 Lofft's return, he discovered that the hurt was in the 

 under jaw, and it was two years before it got well. 

 Gratitude for kindness, at a moment when it was so 

 much wanted, seemed to produce the most tender at- 

 tachment in this dog. Mr. Lofft gained an extraordi- 

 nary influence over him, and broke him of his propen- 

 sity to seize rabbits and worry cats, merely by the 



