104 DEATH OF TWO MORE DOGS. 



the rest. We gave brandy to some, which we 

 thought did much good, carried the weakest in 

 our arms, kept the strongest coupled together, 

 that they might not run away and hide them- 

 selves, and after considerable labour, having in 

 attempting to return by a nearer route become 

 more deeply entangled in the floods, we at 

 length reached the boat. 



In the meantime, another dog had died, and, 

 on the passage back to Corfu, a fifth, a very valu- 

 able cumber spaniel, which had been sent out 

 from England a year before, shared the same 

 fate. I could not have imagined, had I not seen 

 it with my own eyes, that wet and cold could 

 have had such an effect upon dogs, which had 

 been, I may say, well accustomed to it, all of 

 them being hardy and strong, and a good many 

 amongst them of the Sussex breed. 



