LONG JOURNEY OF A DOG. 255 



Mr. Clarke^ who has published his travels through 

 Russia and the Crimea, had a most affectionate little 

 pug-dog, that accompanied him through his long jour- 

 ney, enduring all the vicissitudes of heat, cold, and fa- 

 tigue, with the most perfect good-humour. " Though 

 naturally afraid of the water," says he, ''^ and always 

 averse from entering it, he crossed all the rivers and 

 lakes of Lapland, Sweden, and Norway, after his 

 masters, and accompanied them three years in differ- 

 ent climates, yet detesting bodily exercise : and ulti- 

 mately performed a journey on foot, keeping up with 

 horses, from Athens, through all Greece, Macedonia, 

 and Thrace ; making the tour of the Archipelago, to 

 Constantinople; and thence, in the same manner, 

 through Bulgaria and Wallachia, to Bucharest !" 

 How I should have valued an animal that had follow- 

 ed me so far with such unwearied fidelity ! and 

 though he could not articulate his feelings, I should 

 be at no loss to understand his mute eloquence, and 

 would repay it with every mark of favour a dog could 

 enjoy. He should attend me in my walks, partake 

 of my meals, and repose before my fire. Rest and 

 plenty should be his portion for the remainder of his 

 days. 



As I was running over some new books, lately sent 

 from London to a gentleman in our neighbom'hood, I 

 met with the following passage, which records the 



