86 EEMINISCEXCES OF A SPORTSMAN. 



ing anecdote, whicli is well authenticated, shows the 

 sagacity and kindness of disposition in these dogs. In 

 the city of Worcester, one of the principal streets leads 

 by a gentle declivity to the river Severn. One day a 

 child, in crossing the street, fell down in the middle of 

 it, and a horse and cart which were descending the hill 

 would have passed over it had not a Newfoundland 

 dog rushed to the rescue of the child, caught it up in 

 his mouth, and conveyed it in safety to the foot pave- 

 ment. A gentleman in the vicinity of London had 

 a Newfoundland dog and a small Scotch terrier, the 

 former being particularly fond of the latter. One of 

 his neighbours had a large jDointer, who had taken a 

 great dislike to the terrier, and on one occasion when 

 he went near the house, the pointer fell on him, and 

 treated him very roughly before the small dog was able 

 to make his escape, when he went immediately home, and 

 made his friend the Newfoundland dog acquainted with 

 the malice and ill treatment he had experienced from 

 the pointer : they both instantly returned to the neigh- 

 bour's house, and the moment the Newfoundland dog 

 espied the enemy of his little companion he attacked 

 him furiously, and would in all probability have killed 

 him if a servant had not separated them. This I think 

 certainly proves that dogs have a language of their own, 

 which they perfectly understand. 



My kind friend Mr. T took a Newfoundland dog 



and a small spaniel into a boat with him on the river 

 Thames, and when he got into the middle of the river 

 he turned them into the water. They swam different 

 ways, but the spaniel got into the current, and after 

 struggling for some time was in danger of being drowned. 

 As soon as the Newfoundland dog perceived the pre- 



