110 ANECDOTES OF ANIMALS. 



important and significant look, cutting at proper times t 

 and never mistaking one card for another. Bianco 

 occasionally won, and went to the cyphers to mark his 

 points ; and when he was asked how many his adversary 

 had gained, he took out a with his teeth. They 

 sometimes played at e'carte with one of the company 

 assembled to see them, when they evinced the same 

 correctness, and seemed to know all the terms of the 

 game. All this passed without the slightest audible or 

 visible sign between them and their master. 



There is a water-dog at Hastings, belonging to Page 

 the boatman, who, on receiving a penny, immediately 

 takes it to a baker's shop for the purchase of a roll, nor 

 will he part with it till the person who serves him has 

 put the bread upon the counter ; he then lays it down, 

 and walks off with his purchase in his mouth. Another 

 dog of this kind, also of my acquaintance, was the family 

 carrier, that is, she carried books, work, etc., to any 

 person or any room pointed out to her ; and as we rather 

 encroached on her, she lost almost all her teeth from the 

 hard and heavy burthens with which she was laden. 

 We had only to say, ' Cora, take this to so and so,' and 

 if the good dog could not find the person, she brought 

 it back and stood before us. At the same hour every 

 afternoon, she, untold, brought her master's boot-jack and 

 slippers into his study, to be in readiness for his return. 



Under the despised name of curs, Colonel Smith 

 classes the sharpest, the drollest, the most pertinacious, 

 the most mischievous, and yet the most useful Terrier ; 

 together with several other small dogs. Long-haired, 

 rough-haired, long-eared, short-eared, brush-tailed, 

 smooth-tailed, long-legged, short-legged, black-eyed, 

 black-nosed ; white, brown, black, tan, sandy, mixed ; 



