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penny on the counter he was contented with 

 one scone, but if he had given a penny he 

 expected two, and would wait for the second, 

 after he had eaten the first, until he got it. 

 That he knew exactly when he was entitled 

 to one scone only, and when he ought to get 

 two, is certain, for I tried him often. 



LAWSON TAIT. 



{Feb. 17, 1877.] 



IN the Spectator of the loth inst. a corre- 

 spondent describes the purchase of cakes by 

 a clever dog at Greenock. I should like to 

 be allowed to help preserve the memory of 

 a most worthy dog-friend of my youth, well 

 remembered by many now living who knew 

 Greenwich Hospital some thirty or five-and- 

 thirty years ago. 



At that time there lived there a dog- 

 pensioner called Hardy, a large brown 

 Irish retriever. He was so named by Sir 

 Thomas Hardy, when Governor (Nelson's 

 Hardy), who at the same time constituted 

 him a pensioner, at the rate of one penny 

 per diem, for that he had one day saved a 

 life from drowning just opposite the hospital. 



