4^D THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



" Blush, hard-hearted wretch ! an irrational aniraal 

 Knows and loves gratitude ; and thou, perpetrator 

 of crimes, in the moment of guilt, be afraid of thine 

 own shadow." 



In the month of December, 1803, as a gentleman 

 was goin^ along the path that leads from Kennington 

 Common to Camberwell, and which stood between 

 two ditches, he observed several children playing at a 

 distance, and almost at the same instant perceived one 

 of them fall into the ditch : he hastened to the spot, 

 accompanied by a Newfoundland dog he had with him; 

 the sagacious animal no sooner perceived the child 

 struggling in the water, than he plunged in, and 

 seizing her by the hair of her head, brought her with 

 some difficulty to the side of the footpath ; when with 

 the assistance of his master she was drawn out, with- 

 out sustaining any other injury than a violent retching, 

 occasioned by the stagnant water she had swallowed, 

 and which was of so foul a nature that it would have 

 caused almost immediate suffocation 



THE SIBERIAN, OR WOLF DOG. 



This animal is found an inhabitant of the North ; and 

 is especially used by the inhabitants near the Arctic 

 Circle for purposes of draught instead of the horse. 



In Kamptschatka is found the finest breed; they 

 possess remarkable strength, and five of them when 

 harnessed will draw a sledge containing three per- 

 sons with a small quantity of luggage. The method of 

 using them is as follows : they are yoked two and two 

 together, the fifth acting as leader, and will occasionally 



