106 EEMIOTSCENCES OF A SPOETSMAN". 



supposed he had come about the dog, and asked if he had 

 the 51. note. The servant replied that he had the note, but 

 would not give it until the dog was produced. To which 

 the man said, " Trust to my honour ; give me the money, 

 and you shall immediately have the dog." This he did, 

 after some hesitation, and poor Pincher soon made his 

 appearance in very lean condition. The man then 

 said : " Take your dog back in a cab, for if you do not, 

 the chances are that he will be again stolen by some of 

 our gang, as we carry something about us that will 

 induce any dog to follow us." The dog-stealer further 

 added : " I was once a resurrection man, but the law is 

 now so severe against this offence, that I have been 

 obliged to change my trade." At Lord Eldon's death, he 

 left a small annual sum for the support of Pincher. 



When I was in cantonments near Alicant, in the pro- 

 vince of Valencia, in 1812 (I then commanded ten 

 companies of Baron de Rolles' and Dillon's regiments), 

 I had with me one of the largest and finest dogs I al- 

 most ever saw. He was called by the Spanish shep- 

 herds who grazed their flocks on the Pyrenees the 

 wolf-dog, as he protected their sheep from the attacks 

 of this ravenous animal. This noble creature I pur- 

 chased of a Spanish artillery officer for twenty dollars. 

 In his shape and make every part of his body combined 

 strength and activity. In height he was upwards of 

 three feet ; he had rather a fierce but intelligent coun- 

 tenance, large dark eyes, and sharp pricked-up ears, 

 like those of a fox. He was rather of a blueisli dun- 

 colour, and his hair was perfectly smooth, being about 

 two years old. The Spanish officer told me he had pur- 

 chased him of a shepherd in the mountains of Cata- 

 lonia. This gentleman recommended to me that I 



