488 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



particularly loquacious to the dogs : should one of these 

 queer specimens jabber in a Cornish or a Yorkshire 

 dialect to a dog trained on the Grampians, the dog 

 will understand from his look whether he is pleased or 

 oiFended, but nothing more. The dog has not the 

 gift of tongues, but he is a Lavater in physiognomy. 



The following instance of the fidelity and courage of a 

 terrier occurred in Glasgow : — 



" One evening, as a young gentleman of the name 

 of Hardy was passing through St. Andrews Square, on 

 his way home to his father's house in Charlotte Street, 

 he was stopped opposite to the north-west corner 

 of St. Andrews Church by a man armed with a large 

 stick, who seized him by the breast, and striking him 

 a viol'ent blow on the head, desired him instantly to 

 deliver his watch. As he was preparing to repeat the 

 blow% a terrier belonging to Mr. Hardy, sprang at the 

 ruffian and seized him by the throat, and his master at 

 the same time giving him a violent push, he fell back- 

 wards and dropped his stick, which the other immedi- 

 ately seized and carried home. The terrier soon after 

 followed him home, bearing in his teeth as a trophy 

 of his courage nearly half the front of the man's waist- 

 coat, in the lining of which half a guinea was found 

 carefully sewed up. The waistcoat was of coarse 

 woollen stuff, with a black stripe, much worn and 

 tattered, and not at all corresponding with the elegance 

 of the walking stick, which had a gilt head, and con- 

 tained a handsome small sword." 



The fidelity of dogs generally may be illustrated by 

 the following : — 



" In October, 1803, during the deluge with which 

 the island of Madeira was visited, a remarkable cir- 

 cumstance happened near St. John's river. A maid- 

 servant in flying from one of the fallen houses, oropped 



