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enormity of his offence ; after which, to the last moment of 

 his life, he never heard the least allusion to the story, in 

 whatever voice or tone it was mentioned, without getting up 

 and retiring into the darkest corner of the room, with a great 

 appearance of distress. Then if you said, * The baker was 

 well paid ;' or * The baker was not hurt after all,' Camp 

 came forth from his hiding-place, capered and barked, and 

 rejoiced. When he was unable, towards the end of his life, 

 to attend me when on horseback, he used to watch my 

 return, and the servant used to tell him ' his master was 

 coming down the hill, or through the moor,' and although he 

 did not use any gesture to explain his meaning. Camp was 

 never known to mistake him, but either went out at the 

 front to go up the hill, or at the back to get down to the 

 moor-side. He certainly had a singular knowledge of spoken 

 language/' 



THE NEWFOUNDLAND-DOG. 



The powerful and beautiful dog known by this name, now 

 plentifully distributed throughout Great Britain, is not the 

 pure breed, but a race procured by a mixture with others. 

 The pure Newfoundland-dog, however, differs from the 

 Esquimaux and other wild races, in his muzzle being much 

 broader, his lips more hanging, his ears partially pendulous, 

 his back longer, and more loose in his general structure. 



The Newfoundland-dog, as now improved in this country 

 is unquestionably one of the noblest of the canine race, both 

 in regard to his majestic appearance, large size and strength, 

 and surprising intelligence. The full-sized animal measures 

 from the nose to the end of the tail about six and a half feet ; 

 from the one fore-foot to the other, over the shoulders, five 

 feet eight inches ; girth behind the shoulders three feet four 

 inches ; round the head, across the ears, two feet ; round the 



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