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and in this does he exert and exhaust his whole capacity. 

 If he be suddenly awoke, and hurriedly called, he rears 

 himself up to see what sheep are running away ; and 

 he is so honourable, that he will lie among pails full of 

 milk, and neither touch them himself, nor suffer cat, 

 rat, or any other creature to molest the store. 



The drovers' dogs are somewhat larger, and more 

 rugged. They are as sagacious as the shepherd's dog, 

 but they are trained to act with more cruelty to their 

 charges. 



The original St. Bernard Dog, which has for years 

 been the object of so much interest, resembles the New- 

 foundland in form, hair, colour, and size. Another race 

 with close, short hair, is trained to the same services ; 

 and one of the latter belonged to me for some time, 

 establishing himself in the good graces of every one bji 

 his good temper and fidelity. He must, however, with 

 all his good qualities, yield to Bass, the property of Sir 

 Thomas Dick Lauder, who thus writes of him : c My 

 St. Bernard was brought home direct from the Great 

 St. Bernard, when he was a puppy of about four or 

 five months. His bark is tremendous ; so loud, indeed, 

 that I have often distinguished it nearly a mile off. He 

 had been missing for some time, 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 immediately. He knocked at the gate, and 

 said to the owner of the premises, " You have got Sir 

 Thomas Lander's big dog." The man denied it. "But 

 I know you have," continued the letter-carrier ; " I can 

 swear that I heard the bark of Sir Thomas's big dog ; 

 for there is no dog in or about all Edinburgh that has 



