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ages, but happily this depraved taste has now become nearly 

 extinct. 



Lord Maynard lost a dog of this kind in France, which 

 he in vain endeavoured to recover while in that country. 

 He returned to England, where he had not long arrived 

 before the dog appeared at his residence ; but the mode of 

 his return has remained for ever unexplained, though it is 

 probable that the dog's sagacity, when he had made his es- 

 cape from confinement, prompted him to go to the sea-coast, 

 where he must have found means to get on board some vessel 

 bound for the opposite shore. 



