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destruction, and was expected to become the tiger's ' daily 

 bread,' standing on the defensive in a manner that com- 

 pletely astonished both the tiger and the spectators. He 

 crept into a corner, and, whenever the tiger approached, 

 seized him by the lip or the nose, making him roar most 

 piteously. The tiger, however, impelled by appetite, for 

 no other supply was given him for several days, would re- 

 new the attack. The result was ever the same. 



7. " At length the tiger began to treat the dog with 

 more deference, and allowed him not only to eat the mess 

 of rice and meat daily furnished for his subsistence, but 

 even refrained from any attempt to disturb his rest. The 

 two animals, after some weeks, became completely court- 

 eous, and each showed symptoms of attachment to his 

 companion. But, what must appear extraordinary, was 

 that the dog, on being allowed free ingress and egress 

 through the hole, considered the cage as his home, always 

 returning to it with confidence, and, when the tiger died, 

 moaning for want of his companion." 



8. To illustrate the reasoning power of the dog, John 

 Randolph related the story of one who, in pursuit of his 

 master, came to a place where three roads branched off. 

 The dog scented the ground on the first road, then on the 

 second, and then took the third without using his scent, as 

 much as to say, " He did not go by the first or the second, 

 therefore he must have gone by the third." A Newfound- 

 land dog, annoyed beyond endurance by a small dog, picked 

 the little creature up and dropped it into the water, and 

 afterward rescued it from drowning. Another, whose 

 nose was seized by a bull-dog, who scarcely ever lets go 

 its grip, discovered, near at hand, a kettle of boiling tar. 

 Into this he plunged his tormenter, and received instant 

 relief. 



9. Dr. John Brown, of Edinburgh, Scotland, was a 



