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had been cast to him, and then, with a degree 

 of strength and determination almost incredible, 

 he dragged it through the surge and delivered 

 it to his master. In this way a line of com- 

 munication was formed, and every man on 

 board saved. Does not this anecdote make you 

 love dogs ? It ought to do so. 



I will now give you an instance or two of the 

 love and kindness of animals to each other. My 

 home is at East Sheen, in Surrey ; but a short 

 distance from it there resides an amiable and 

 excellent gentleman, who, like many others, has 

 his cows, pigs, and poultry, and one of his pigs 

 produced a large litter. As is generally the 

 case, the youngest of the litter was a small, 

 weakly pig, and was pushed away when he 

 attempted to feed with the others. Being thus 

 without food, he gave utterance to his plaintive, 

 feeble cries. These attracted the sympathy of a 

 kind-hearted hen in the yard, who sheltered and 

 warmed it under her wings. The pig was sub- 

 sequently fed by artificial means, but the hen 

 continued her care of it till it no longer required 

 her protection. 



I will give you another instance of animal 



