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A Mr. Moore, then 

 Windsor, in Berkshire, had 

 application to his friends in the north 

 of England to obtain a well-bred 

 greyhound from thence, to obliife 

 one of the keepers of Windsor 

 Great Park, for the purpose of kil- 

 ling fawns in the season. The soli- 

 citation was attended with success, 

 and the greyhound was consigned by 

 the waggon to London, arrived sate 

 in Bishopsgate-street, and from 

 thence was conveyed to the Bell-sa- 

 tage,uponLudgate-hill,w]iereitwas 

 delivered to the driver of the V/ind- 

 sor caravan, and reached the place 

 of destination in safety. After a 

 confinement of two days, with every 

 attention to food and family tender- 

 ness, the dog was left at liberty 

 about the house and premises, seem- 

 ingly not only satisfied, but pleased 

 with his situation and the caresses ho 

 received ; in less than the next eight 

 and forty hours, he had suddenly 

 taken his departure ; a few days af- 

 ter which, Mr. I\Ioorc received a 

 letter, with information that the dog 

 had reached the place of his former 

 residence in Yorkshire, before the 

 return of the waggon by which he 

 was originally sent to London. 



Innumerable are the instances 

 which might be adduced in de- 

 monstration of the sagacity, fide- 

 lity, and inviolable attachment of 

 the greyhound, in an equal degree 

 with such of the canine species as 

 possess the means of displaying those 

 qualifications in a munner more con- 

 spicuous and attracting : but, as e- 

 nough has been already introduced 

 lo confirm that idea, and to gratify 

 Mie moderate mind of investigation, 

 .it may pot be considered inapplica- 

 Me to bring this head to a conclu- 

 sion, by extracting from ancient re- 

 rords one of a difi'erciU description, 

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shewing the ingratitude of Richard 

 the second's greyhound, translated 

 from Froissart, by Sir John Bour- 

 chier, Lord Berners : 



" And, as it Mas infonrmed me, 

 kyng Richarde had a grayhounde, 

 called Mithc, who always wayted 

 upon the kynge, and wouldeknowe 

 no man els ; for when so ever the 

 kynge did ryde, he that kept the 

 grayhounde dyd lette him lose, and 

 he woldc streyght runne to the 

 kynge, and faune uppon him, and 

 leapc Mith his fore fete uppon the 

 kyngc's shoulders. And as the 

 kynge and the cr!e of Derby talked 

 togydcr in the courte, the gray- 

 hounde, who was wontc to leapc 

 uppon the kynge, left the kynge, 

 and came to theerle of Derby, duke 

 of Lancastrc, and made to him the 

 same friendly countenance and chcre 

 as he was wonte to do to the kynge. 

 The duke, v, ho kncwe not the gray- 

 hounde, demanded of the kynge what 

 the grayhounde Molde do r ' Cou- 

 sin,' quod the kynge, ' 



it is a greatc 



goode token to you, and an evil 

 signe to me.' — ' Sir, how knowe you 

 that?' quod the duke. ' J know it 

 well,' quod the kynge; ' the gray- 

 hounde meket you there this daye as 

 kynge of England, as ycshalbc, and 

 I slialbe deposed : the gioyhounde 

 hath this knowledge naturally; 

 therefore take hym to you, he wyll' 

 folloe you and forsake mee.' " The 

 duke understoode well those words, : 

 and cheryshed the grayhounde, 

 who walde never after followe 

 t'kynge Richarde, but followed the 

 duke of Lancastre." • 



Observations on the various Kinds of 

 Tinibcr found in Seic South Jl ales. 

 From Tuckers f'oi/agc. 



New South Wales produces a 



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