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other countries; and seemed to have lost that 

 fondness for one locality which is so peculiar in 

 these animals. Unlike many favourites, the cat 

 lived to a good old age, evincing her attachment 

 to the last moment of her life. 



A friend of mine, who resided much on the* 

 continent, had a fine Newfoundland Dog at his 

 country-seat in England. On one of his occasi- 

 onal visits to this place, he was accompanied by 

 a courier, who amused himself with the dog, teach- 

 ing him to jump over a stick, to fetch logs of 

 wood for the fire, and other tricks. During the 

 absence of the master of the house, the dog was 

 kept chained up in the yard, and the person left 

 in charge of the house was ignorant of the dog's 

 accomplishments. At the end of nearly four years, 

 Mr. S. returned to England, and sent his courier 

 to the house to await his arrival at it. The dog, 

 on hearing the courier's voice, immediately recog- 

 nized it, and shewed his delight in a manner not 

 to be misunderstood. On being let loose, he began 

 to jump as he had formerly been taught to do ; 

 and on the courier's seating himself by the kitchen 

 fire, the dog went into the yard, without any signal 

 whatever having been given, and brought log after 

 log of wood, and deposited them at the feet of his 

 former instructor ; thus shewing the retentiveness 

 of his memory after so long a period of time. 



A family of my acquaintance, whose strictness 



