222 DOG STORIES 



OUR FOUR-FOOTED FRIENDS, BIG 

 AND LITTLE. 



[Nov. 8, 1873.] 



MAY I be permitted to question, in the most 

 friendly way, the assumption of " Lucy 

 Field," in your last issue, that the lives of 

 small dogs are in constant jeopardy from " a 

 race of giant dogs, and exceptionally large 

 dogs," at Muswell Hill ? If it be so, then, 

 surely the "giant dogs" of that region are 

 exceptions. My experience goes to confirm 

 the truth taught by Sir Edwin Landseer's 

 " Dignity and Impudence," a fine print of 

 which adorns my portfolio. I had a broken- 

 haired friend, weight about eight pounds, 

 learned in two languages, canine and English, 

 who rejoiced in the name of Teens, given 

 him by babes with whom he condescended 

 to play, because he was a " tiny, teeny dog." 

 I must confess that my late friend alas ! 

 that I should say late who was chivalrically 

 brave in killing rats and carrying on war with 

 cats, was a very bully, a kind of Ancient 

 Pistol towards big dogs. To see him meet 



