8£ THE t>OG. 



by the ingenious Mr. Pratt*, which strikingly evinces 

 the force of its fidelity, and displays an attachment 

 that would do honour to the human race : 



" A tew days before the overthrow of Robespiere, a 

 " revolutionary tribunal, in one of the departments of 

 " the north, condemned, on a pretence of. conspiracy , an 

 " upright magistrate and a most estimable man. This 

 " gentleman had a water-spaniel, which had been faith- 

 " ful to his master for the space of twelve years ; and 

 " at the moment when, from fear, his dearest friends 

 " had forsaken him, showed an attachment that at 

 " once must affect and please. 



" This faithful creature was with him when he hap- 

 " pened to be seized, but was refused admission into 

 " his cell ; and after remaining at the door some time, 

 " in the hope of obtaining.entrance, retired disconso- 

 " late to the house of his master's friend. 



" Daily he returned to the doors of the prison, and 

 " remained stationary there for several hours at a time, 

 " and gave such indubitable marks of affection as abso- 

 " lutely to penetrate the keeper's heart. The faithful 

 *' animal was permitted to enter, though the man dare 

 ** not allow him long to remain ; but, at the same hour 

 " each day, he besought admission, and his pleadings 

 " were too powerful for the keeper to withstand. 



" When the day of receiving sentence arrived, not- 

 " withstanding the crowd which power, love, and curio- 

 " sity collected, the dog contrived to force a passage 

 " into the hall, and, penetrating through the guards 

 **- which surrounded his master, laid himself down be- 

 " tvveen his feet when the fatal flat was pronounced 



* See Mr. Pratt's Gleanings in England, vol. ii. p. 349. 



