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child could not execute his threats ; he looked at him one 

 instant, and then renewed the assault, till, quite impatient, 

 he made a sudden effort to seize the kid. The whole three 

 disappeared, and were found at the bottom of the preci- 

 pice. The goat's horns were darted into the back of the 

 fox ; the kid lay stretched beside her. It is supposed the 

 fox had fixed his teeth in the kid, for its neck was lacer- 

 ated ; but, when the faithful mother inflicted a death- 

 wound upon her mortal enemy, he probably staggered, 

 and brought his victim with him over the rock." 



9. " A gentleman who had taken an active share in 

 the rebellion of 1715, after the battle of Preston escaped 

 to the West Highlands, to the residence of a female rela- 

 tive who afforded him an asylum. As it was soon judged 

 unsafe for him to remain in the house of his friend, he was 

 conducted to a cavern in a sequestered situation, and fur- 

 nished with a supply of food. The approach to this lonely 

 abode consisted of a small aperture, through which he crept 

 and dragged his provisions along with him. A little way 

 from the mouth the roof became elevated, but, on ad- 

 vancing, an obstacle obstructed his progress ; unwilling to 

 strike at a venture with his dirk, he stooped down and 

 discovered a goat and her kid lying on the ground. 



10. " He soon perceived that the animal was in great 

 pain, and, feeling her body and limbs, ascertained that 

 one of her legs was fractured. He bound it up with his 

 garter, and offered her some of his bread ; but she refused 

 to eat, and stretched out her tongue, as if intimating that 

 her mouth was parched with thirst. He gave her water, 

 which she drank greedily, and then she ate the bread. 

 At midnight he ventured from the cave, pulled a quan- 

 tity of grass and the tender branches of trees, and carried 

 them to the poor sufferer, who received them with demon- 

 strations of gratitude. The only thing which this fugi- 



