SIR WALTER SCOTT AND HIS DOGS. 1/5 



While man, vain insect ! hopes to be forgiven, 

 And claims himself a sole exclusive heaven ! 

 Ye who perchance behold this simple urn, 

 Pass on, it honors none you wish to mourn. 

 To mark a. friend s remains these stones arise; 

 I never knew but one, and here he lies.&quot; 



If you want more evidence of the high esteem in which 

 dogs are held, I might recommend to you a very pretty 

 dog story called &quot; Rab and his Friends,&quot; the reading of 

 which will give you a pleasant hour. Also in a book 

 called &quot;Spare Hours,&quot; the author of &quot;Rab and his Friends&quot; 

 gives amusing accounts of all his different dogs, which I 

 am sure you would be pleased to read, even though you 

 find many long words in it which you cannot understand. 



But enough has been given to show you that in the 

 high esteem you have for your favorite, and in your deter 

 mination to treat him as a dog should be treated, you are 

 sustained by the very best authority. 



