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MUFF, THE AFFECTIONATE MOTHER DOG 



MUFF, with two other beautiful St. 

 Bernard dogs, was given to me by 

 Mrs. Andrew Allan, of Montreal. 

 I received them at the close of a long series 

 of lecture engagements in Ontario and Que- 

 bec, and ere the winter ended I started on 

 my return trip to my Mission home, which 

 was then at Beren's River on the eastern 

 shore of Lake Winnipeg. 



So anxious was I to utilize the dogs that 

 I took Muff and Rover, through with me. 

 We travelled by rail to Morehead in Minne- 

 sota, and then by stage, on runners, the last 

 two or three hundred miles, to Winnipeg. 

 The other dogs received from Mrs. Allan 

 were brought through later in the year by 

 Mrs. Young. 



On a railroad somewhere in the West, an 

 amusing adventure occurred with the dogs. 

 I had left them in the baggage car in charge 

 of the baggage man, and had also left with 



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