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constantly be made to those noble creatures. 

 Thus we hear of a " lazy dog" a " drunken 

 dog" a dirty dog" a "shabby dog" of 

 leading a "dog's life" of a "dogged temper." 

 We call a dandy a " puppy," and sometimes 

 another man a " cur." All these are epithets 

 misapplied as far as the dog is concerned ; and 

 I think you will agree with me when you hear 

 the following anecdote : 



A young gentleman of the name of Gough, of 

 considerable talents and of an amiable disposi- 

 tion, lost his way when wandering, without a 

 guide, on the mountain Hellvellyn, in Cumber- 

 land. He was accompanied by a terrier bitch, 

 his constant attendant during frequent solitary 

 rambles through the wilds of Westmoreland and 

 Cumberland. Trying to reach the top of the 

 mountain by a difficult pass, he fell down a pre- 

 cipice called " Stridenedge," and was killed. His 

 remains were not discovered until three months 

 afterwards, when they were found guarded by 

 his faithful dog. Although the body had been 

 so long a time exposed to the attacks of the 

 numerous wild birds of prey, and also the foxes 

 which abound in that region, it was found un- 

 touched and undefaced by them, so strictly had 



