222 FACULTIES OF ANIMALS. 



HIM they lov'd 



Ev'n in his meanest creatures ; reverenc'd HIM 

 In the rook's instinct, and the emmet's craft. 



THE more I consider the subject, the more dif- 

 ficult it appears to fix any limit to the faculties 

 of the animal creation. Under peculiar circum- 

 stances, animals will frequently evince a degree of 

 sense truly surprizing, and also extricate them- 

 selves from difficulties and dangers which man* 

 with all his reasoning powers, would never have 

 accomplished. They have perseverance, strong 

 affections, fidelity, and a degree of memory both 

 as to time and persons, which only those who have 

 been in the habit of attending to these faculties 

 in animals, would give them credit for. A few 

 instances may serve to illustrate these remarks. 



The late Duke of Hamilton had a favourite 

 Bull Dog, called Dumplin, who was in the habit 

 for some years of accompanying the Duke in his 

 carriage to Hamilton. While he was still very 

 healthy, and far from an old dog, a younger 

 favourite was selected as the companion of the 

 Duke, and Dumplin was left behind. The dog 

 saw his rival get into the carriage and depart, and 

 from that moment he became indifferent to his 



