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'* against him, and the next clay he was doomed to a 

 " disgraceful death ! Though the attached creature was 

 " prevented from re-entering the prison, yet he re- 

 " mained at the door during the whole night ; and in 

 " the morning, when the unfortunate man was destined 

 " to pass through it, he was greeted by the caresses of 

 " this unalterable friend, who alone remained jiiin in 

 " the hour of exigence, and refused to be separated 

 " even by the power of death ! 



" The lifeless body was no sooner stretched upon that 

 " element where it was destined for ever after to remain, 

 " than the afflicted animal walked sorrowfully round it, 

 " and testified his distress by the most moving com- 

 " plaints ; and when concealed from his eyes by the 

 " earth that covered it, he refused stirring from the side 

 " of the grave. In vain was he attempted to be attract- 

 " ed from that asylum where the sorrows of his master 

 " were peaceably laid ; for though he would occasion- 

 " ally partake of the food prepared for his sustenance, 

 " he always regularly returned to his melancholy re- 

 " treat. 



" At length the friends of his master, in whose house 

 " he had been cherished, allured him from the spot 

 " where his affections were confined, and prevented him 

 " from displaying such marks of attachment as were 

 " ultimately calculated to destroy his life. But what 

 " manacles are capable of confining the affections ? he 

 " soon broke through the fetters by which he had been 

 " restrained, and rushed towards the grave that con- 

 " tained the ashes of his master, as if forming the re- 

 " solution there to remain. Without attempting to 

 11 force him from his favourite haunt, different kinds of 

 " food were offered him to eat, but in vain they tried 

 " to induce him to partake of it, for he refused touch^ 



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