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the mother happened to pass through Staveley, 

 and with a mother's feelings went to take a mourn- 

 ful look at her child's grave. On going to it, she 

 found to her great astonishment her lost dog. It 

 was lying in a deep hole which it had scratched 

 for itself over the child's grave, probably hoping 

 to get a little nearer to the object of its affection. 

 It was in an emaciated state from hunger, but 

 neither hunger, cold or privation had expelled its 

 love, or diminished the force of its attachment. 



The following is an instance of the good sense 

 of a dog. A gentleman whose usual place of resi- 

 dence is in the Island of Anglesea ; came to Lon- 

 don and brought a little terrier dog with him. It 

 was his companion night and day through the 

 crowded streets of the Metropolis. Upon one 

 occasion he had some business to transact at the 

 bank of Messrs. Drummonds, and during the time 

 he was there, the dog lay at his feet by the side 

 of the counter. In the course of his further walk, 

 it was lost, but its master on returning to Messrs. 

 Drummonds' found the dog there, on the same 

 spot it had previously occupied, it being the only 

 house, which its master and itself had entered to- 

 gether that morning. 



A butcher in North Wales was drowned in en- 

 deavouring to cross a river, which had been swollen 

 by some late rains, in consequence of his horse 

 having plunged and thrown him. His faithful dog, 



