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THE ALPINE DOG. 



The animal, of which we have given a figure, 

 seems rather to belong to the second race mentioned 

 by Colonel Smith, having a closer and shorter hair. 

 We are indebted to the kindness of Sir Thomas 

 Dick Lauder for permission to make our drawing 

 from a fine animal in his possession ; and we add 

 the account which was transmitted for our use. 



To W. H. Lizars, Esq. 



The Grange House, 26th June, 1839. 

 DEAR SIB, My St. Bernard dog, Bass, whom 

 you have honoured so far as to have his portrait 

 taken by Mr. Stewart, was brought home by Sir 

 Hew Dalrymple of North Berwick, Baronet, direct 

 from the Great St. Bernard, and Sir Hew presented 

 him to me in December, 1837, when he was a 

 puppy of about four or five months ; so that he may 

 now be reckoned about a year and nine months old. 

 He can hardly, therefore, be said to have reached 

 his full size. His bark, as you may have heard, 

 is tremendous ; so loud, indeed, that I have often 

 distinguished it when in the Meadow Walk, nearly 

 a mile off. To it I was indebted for the recovery 

 of the dog when stolen by some carters, not long 

 after I got him. He had been some time missing, 

 when, to my great joy, one of the letter-carriers 

 brought him back; and the man's account was, 

 that in going along a certain street he heard his 

 bark from the inside of a yard, and knew it imme- 

 diately. He knocked at the gate, and immediately 



