SIR WALTER SCOTT AND HIS DOGS. 1/3 



tomb of old Maida, over which is sculptured the image of 

 a beautiful hound, with this inscription, which you may 

 translate if you like : 



" Maidae marmorea dormis, sub imagine 

 Maida, 

 Ad januam domini ; sit tibi terra levis. 



Or, if you don't want the trouble of translating it, Mas- 

 ter Freddy, I would do it thus : 



"At thy lord's door, in slumbers light and blest, 

 Maida, beneath this marble Maida rest. 

 Light lie the turf upon thy gentle breast." 



Washington Irving says that in one of his morning 

 rambles he came upon a curious old Gothic monument, 

 on which was inscribed in Gothic characters, 



"Cy git le preux Percy," 

 (Here lies the brave Percy,) 



and asking Scott what it was, he replied, "O, only one of 

 my fooleries," and afterwards Irving found it was the 

 grave of a favorite greyhound. 



Now, certainly, Master Freddy, you must see in all this 

 that you have one of the greatest geniuses of the world to 

 bear you out in thinking a deal of dogs. 



But I have still another instance. The great rival poet 

 to Scott was Lord Byron ; not so good or so wise a man 

 by many degrees, but very celebrated in his day. He also 



