SIR WALTER SCOTT AND HIS DOGS. 1/3 



tomb of old Maida, over which is sculptured the image of 

 a beautiful hound, with this inscription, which you may 

 translate if you like : 



&quot; Maidae marmorea dormis, sub imagine 

 Maida, 

 Ad januam domini ; sit tibi terra levis. 



Or, if you don t want the trouble of translating it, Mas 

 ter Freddy, I would do it thus : 



&quot;At thy lord s door, in slumbers light and blest, 

 Maida, beneath this marble Maida rest. 

 Light lie the turf upon thy gentle breast.&quot; 



Washington Irving says that in one of his morning 

 rambles he came upon a curious old Gothic monument, 

 on which was inscribed in Gothic characters, 



&quot; Cy git le preux Percy,&quot; 

 (Here lies the brave Percy,) 



and asking Scott what it was, he replied, &quot; O, only one of 

 my fooleries,&quot; and afterwards Irving found it was the 

 grave of a favorite greyhound. 



Now, certainly, Master Freddy, you must see in all this 

 that you have one of the greatest geniuses of the world to 

 bear you out in thinking a deal of dogs. 



But I have still another instance. The great rival poet 

 to Scott was Lord Byron ; not so good or so wise a man 

 by many degrees, but very celebrated in his day. He also 



