ICO ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS. 



down beside his sleeping charge. There he remained 

 on guard until the absent mother returned. When she 

 entered the drawing-room her four-legged representative 

 laid his tongue gently across the infant's face, and with- 

 out opposition permitted Father Malachi to walk in.' 



Equally interesting is the biography of Mr. Bell's 

 setter Juno, who from a puppy was one of the best 

 dogs that ever entered a field. ' She appeared to be 

 always on the watch to evince her love and gratitude to 

 those who were kind to her;' and she had other than 

 human friends. ' A kitten, which had been taken from 

 its mother, showed the usual horror of cats at Juno's 

 approach. She, however, seemed determined to con- 

 quer the antipathy, and the most winning perseverance 

 completely attached the kitten to her ; and as she had 

 lately lost her puppies, she became its foster mother. 

 Juno also played with some tame rabbits, enticing them 

 by her kind manner ; and so fond was she of caressing 

 the young of her own species, that when a spaniel of 

 my father's had puppies, and all but one were de- 

 stroyed, Juno would take every opportunity of stealing 

 this from its mother, and lick and fondle it with the 

 greatest tenderness. "When the poor mother discovered 

 the theft, she hastened to bring back her little one, 

 only to be stolen again at the first opportunity ; until 

 at length Juno and Busy killed the poor puppy be- 

 tween them, from excess of tenderness.' 



I close this account of the setter by giving an in- 

 stance of the remarkable power of dogs to return to their 

 homes from a distance, so often cited, and which was 

 exemplified by my father's setter Flush, a dog of remark- 

 able beauty and value. His master drove him in his dog- 

 cart as far as London, a distance of above fifty miles, 



