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he began to howl louder, and scratch the earth with 

 his feet. Aubry's friend surveyed the spot with me- 

 lancholy foreboding, and ordered his servant to dig 

 up the earth ; in a little time he discovered the body 

 of his friend. Some time after the dog accidentally 

 met the murderer of his master ; he rushed upon him, 

 barked, and attacked him with so much fury, that the 

 spectators could not without difficulty extricate him : 

 the same circumstance occurred several times. The 

 faithful animal, which was in general as quiet as a 

 lamb, became like a raging tiger every time he saw 

 this person. 



This circumstance excited great astonishment, and 

 some suspicions having arisen, it was remembered that 

 this man, (the Chevalier de Maquer), on several occa- 

 sions had betrayed symptoms of enmity to Aubry ; 

 and several other circumstances combining, the evi- 

 dence was brought almost to a certainty. The king 

 hearing of the affair, was desirous of being convinced 

 with his own eyes whether the dog was in the right, 

 and that the animal which fawned upon every body 

 else, attacked Maquer as soon as he perceived him. 

 At that period it was customary, when the evidence 

 was not decisive, to determine the fate of the accused 

 by single combat. A time and place was therefore 

 appointed ; the Chevalier entered the lists armed with 

 a lance ; the dog was let loose, and a most dreadful 

 contest took place. The chevalier made a thrust, but 

 the dog springing aside, seized him by the throat, and 

 threw him down. The villain now confessed his 

 crime ; and the king, that the remembrance of the 

 faithful animal should be transmitted to posterity, 

 caused to be erected to him, in the forest where the 

 murder was committed, a marble monument, with the 

 following inscription : — 



