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watched over it with great care, and it lived and 

 thrived. She had at the time a puppy of her 

 own, 



I will now tell you something of the turnspit. 

 In my very young days I was at a school where 

 large joints of meat were turned by two of these 

 dogs, one on one day and the other on the next. 

 When you consider that a joint of beef would 

 take at least three hours to roast, you may sup- 

 pose that the poor dogs had no easy task to 

 perform. The consequence was that, as the 

 dinner-hour drew near, they would often hide 

 themselves, and I have been told that if one of 

 them was found, and it was not his turn to be 

 put into the wheel, he would point out the 

 retreat of his companion, showing that they 

 not only calculated time, but are clever, sensible 

 dogs. 



Dogs have been known to die from excess of 

 joy at seeing their masters after a long absence. 

 An English officer had a large dog, which he 

 left with his family in England while he ac- 

 companied an expedition to America during the 

 wars of the colonies. Throughout his absence 

 the animal appeared very much dejected. When 

 the officer returned home, the dog, who hap- 



