NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. 



THIS dog (like the Alpine Mastiff) is one of the largest, 

 most sagacious, and useful of the canine race ; and (like 

 the Mastiff) he has saved many human lives. The Mastiff, 

 as you have just read, saves the lives of people lost in the 

 snow; while the Newfoundland Dog rescues those who 

 have fallen in the water, and are in danger of drowning. 

 The dimensions of one kept at Eslington, in Northumber- 

 land, the seat of Sir H. G. Liddell, Bart, (in 1826) were, ac- 

 cording to Mr. Berwick, as follows : from the nose to the 

 end of the tail, six feet two inches ; the length of the tail, 

 one foot ten inches ; from one fore foot over the shoulders 

 to the other, five feet seven inches ; girth behind the shoul- 

 ders, three feet two inches ; and round the upper part of 

 the fore leg, nine inches and a half. It was very fond of 

 fish, and would eat them raw. It was web-footed, as in 

 fact all of the pure breed are, could swim and dive ex- 

 tremely well, and bring up any thing from the bottom of 

 the water. The extraordinary sagacity of these dogs, joined 

 to their strong attachment to kind masters, renders them 

 highly valuable, as will appear from the following well 

 authenticated anecdotes. In the year 1789, a ship belong- 

 ing to Newcastle was wrecked near Yarmouth, and the 

 entire crew lost, a Newfoundland Dog alone escaping to 

 land, with the captain's pocket-book in his mouth. He 



