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watery grave by the courage, perseverance, and inde- 

 fatigable exertions of the Newfoundland dog; and there 

 are several examples of ropes having been conveyed by 

 these dogs from a sinking ship to the shore, by which 

 means the whole crews have been saved from destruc- 

 tion. 



What can display more the affection of this dog to his 

 master than the affecting story which I related of the 

 dog living and dying (for I have since heard that the 

 dog is dead) by his master's grave in the churchyard at 

 Stockholm ? " In the immediate neighbourhood of 

 Windsor a servant was saved froiu drowning by a New- 

 foundland dog, who seized him by the collar of his coat 

 when he was almost exhausted, and brought him to the 

 bank, where some of the family were assembled watch- 

 ing anxiously the exertions of the dog." " Those who 

 were much at Windsor not many years since must have 

 seen a fine Newfoundland dog, called Baby, reposing oc- 

 casionally in front of the "\ATiite Hart Hotel. Baby was 

 a general favourite, and he deserved to be so ; for he was 

 mild in his disposition, brave as a lion, and very sen- 

 sible. When he was thirsty and could not procure water 

 at a pump in the yard, he was frequently seen to go to 

 the stable, fetch an empty bucket, and stand Avith it in 

 his mouth at the pump till some one came for water ; he 

 then, by wagging his tail and expressive looks, made his 

 wants known, and had his bucket filled. Exposed as 

 Baby was to the attacks of all sorts of curs as he slum- 

 bered in the sun in front of the hotel, he seemed to 

 think a pat with his powerful paw quite sufficient 

 punishment for them ; but he never tamely submitted to 

 insult from a dog approaching his own size, and his cour- 

 age was only equalled by his gentleness." The follow- 



