OUR DOGS. II/ 



care, and on which his initials were embroidered with 

 their own hands. In the winter weather on Zion Hill he 

 was often severely put to it to gratify his love of roving in 

 the cold snows ; he would hold up first one leg, and then 

 the other, and contrive to get along on three, so as to save 

 himself as much as possible ; and more than once he caught 

 severe colds, requiring careful nursing and medical treat- 

 ment to bring him round again. 



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The Fulton sailed early in March. It was chilly, stormy 

 weather, so that the passengers all suffered somewhat with 

 cold, and Master Giglio was glad to lie rolled in his blank- 

 et, looking like a sea-sick gentleman. The captain very 

 generously allowed him a free passage, and in pleasant 

 weather he used to promenade the deck, where his beauty 

 won for him caresses and attentions innumerable. The stew- 

 ards and cooks always had choice morsels for him, and fed 

 him to such a degree as would have spoiled any other 

 dog's figure ; but his could not be spoiled. All the ladies 

 vied with each other in seeking his good graces, and after 

 dinner he pattered from one to another, to be fed with 

 sweet things and confectionery, and hear his own praises, 

 like a gay buck of fashion as he was. 



Landed in Paris, he met a warm reception at the Pen- 

 sion of Madame B ; but ambition filled his breast. He 



was in the great, gay city of Paris, the place where a 

 handsome dog has but to appear to make his fortune, and 



