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becomes such a strong instinct in them, that I once knew 

 a puppy of this species which was brought by a shipmaster 

 to Maine, and grew up in a steady New England town, 

 which used to alarm his kind friends by rushing off into 

 the pine forest in snow-storms, and running anxiously up 

 and down burrowing in the snow as if in quest of some 

 thing. 



I have seen one of a remarkable breed of dogs that are 

 brought from the island of Manilla. They resemble mastiffs 

 in their form, but are immensely large and strong. They 

 are trained to detect thieves, and kept by merchants on 

 board of vessels where the natives are very sly and much 

 given to stealing. They are called holders, and their way 

 is, when a strange man, whose purposes they do not under 

 stand, comes on board the ship, to take a very gentle but 

 decisive hold of him by the heel, and keep him fast until 

 somebody comes to look after him. The dog I knew of 

 this species stood about as high as an ordinary dining-table, 

 and I have seen him stroke off the dinner-cloth with one 

 wag of his tail in his pleasure when I patted his head. 

 He was very intelligent and affectionate. 



There is another dog, which may often be seen in Paris, 

 called the Spitz dog. He is a white, smooth-haired, small 

 creature, with a great muff of stiff hair round his neck, 

 and generally comes into Paris riding horseback on the 

 cart-horses which draw the carts of the washerwomen. He 



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