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then feed on the turnips which had dropped out. 

 When these were consumed, she would turn the 

 handle again. 



An old coach-dog, belonging to a lady of my ac- 

 quaintance, was so perfectly aware of the pace he 

 would have to go when she used her four horses, 

 that when he got old, as he could not keep up 

 with them, he never went out except when a pair 

 only was used. 



The following fact, the accuracy of which may 

 readily be ascertained, shews not only reflection 

 approaching to reason, but a kindness of disposi- 

 tion and a degree of humanity, which many persons 

 will not give animals credit for. The Earl of Al- 

 bemarle has a very fine breed of black and tan 

 spaniels remarkable for their beauty and intel- 

 ligence, one of these died in bringing forth a 

 litter of puppies. The cries of these blind and 

 helpless animals excited the sympathy of a young 

 bitch of the same breed, who never had had any 

 puppies herself. She fostered them as if she had 

 been their mother, and, to the surprize of every 

 one, she had a flow of milk after a short time, 

 which enabled her to support and bring up her 

 charge. This extraordinary fact, which I wit- 

 nessed myself, cannot be said to have been occa- 

 sioned by mere instinct. Here was an absence 

 of that notus odor, which enables an animal to dis- 

 tinguish its own young from that of others. There 



