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who had accompanied him all the day, followed the 

 body as it sank, and seizing the collar of the coat 

 with his teeth, brought the body to the side of the 

 stream. Raising the head above the water, he 

 held it firmly there during the whole of an incle- 

 ment night. When discovered in the morning, the 

 faithful animal was half immersed in water, and 

 shivering with cold, but still engaged in its affec- 

 tionate endeavours to save the master he loved. 

 How deeply it is to be regretted, that such noble 

 and faithful creatures should be ever ill-used. 



The following is another pleasing instance of 

 the sense and fidelity of a dog. An officer having 

 dined out, was returning to his barracks rather 

 late in the evening, and rested himself on a large 

 stone near the sea shore, where he shortly fell 

 asleep. He was attended very fortunately by a 

 small dog. The tide came in very rapidly while 

 he was in this situation, and the little animal ap- 

 pears to have been sensible of his master's danger. 

 He set off to the mess-room of the regiment, which 

 was about a mile distant. On arriving at it, he 

 exhibited the greatest signs of eagerness and dis- 

 tress, and pulled several of the officers by their 

 clothes. This behaviour of the dog caused two or 

 three of them to get up, upon which the animal 

 appeared quite delighted, and kept running before 

 them, turning every now and then to see if they 

 followed him. Their curiosity being raised, they 



