504 THE IMPROVED ART OF FARRIERY. 



haired breed of Newfoundland dogs. — Lieber's Political 

 Ethics. 



There is a chapter in one of our metaphysical writer^ 

 showing how dogs make syllogisms. The illustration 

 is decisive. A dog loses sight of his master, and fol- 

 lows him by scent till the road branches into three ; 

 he smells at the first, and at the second ; and then, 

 without smelling further, gallops along the third. 

 That animals should be found to possess in perfection 

 every faculty which is necessary to their well-being is 

 nothing wonderful ; the wonder would be if they did 

 not ; but they sometimes display a reach of intellect 

 beyond this. For instance, dogs have a sense of time 

 so as to count the days of the week. My grandfather 

 had one who trudged two miles every Saturday to mar- 

 ket to cater for himself in the shambles. I know 

 another more extraordinary and well-authenticated 

 example : — 



A dog, which had been sold by an Irishman, and 

 was sold by him in England, would never touch a 

 morsel of food on a Friday ; the Irishman had made 

 him as good a Roman Catholic as he was himself. 

 The dog never forsook the sick-bed of his last master, 

 and when he was dead, refused to eat, and died also. 



An Intelligent Dog. — A person of the name of John 

 James, residing at Little Eccleston Hall, near Poulton- 

 le-Fylde, a few days ago went on his ordinary business 

 to Lancaster, accompanied by a shepherd's dog kept 

 by him. After his arrival, he had occasion to write to 

 his family at home. He accordingly indicted a letter, 

 and gave it to the dog, desiring him to "go his way 

 back, and carry it safe ;" which the dog did, perform- 

 ing his master's wish in three hours. The distance 

 was twenty miles. 



A Feligious Dog. — Mr. Simpson, farmer at Bowness, 



