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FOll MOUNTAIN, FIELD, AND FARM. 



[MASTirra. 



rr>tiirnecl ; 2iiul lie would <:jo to his repository, 

 lake the luont'v to the baltor's, and make hia 

 purchase. A servant of Mr. Griorson's acci- 

 diMit.iliy caiiio upon this sai^acious and pro- 

 vidi'ut animal's hoardini^-plac-o on one occasion, 

 where were Ibuiul about iivepence-hairpenny 

 in halfpence. The do<>f chanced to enter at the 

 moment of the discovery, and with a «»rowl of 

 displeasure ho rushed to the spot, and snatchinfr 

 up his wealth, proceeded at lull speed to the 

 shop, and dashed the money on the counter, 

 barking vehemently at the same time, probably 

 deeming it safer to turn it into broad at once 

 than risk being robbed by keeping it." 



THE POODLE 



Has a coat of wool rather than of hair, and 

 bears a strong resemblance to the great water- 

 dog, of the habits of which he partakes, in 

 reference to his partiality for the element from 

 which the other derives his distinction. This 

 animal is as remarkable for his sagacity as 

 many more of the race to which he belongs. 

 He is extremely useful to persons engaged in 

 the pursuit of water-fowl. He swims well, is 

 very hardy, and is an excellent retriever. The 

 French poodle may be referred to the spaniels. 

 He appears to be very nearly allied to tlie rough 

 water-dog figured by Bewick ; the " grand 

 barbet" of Buffon, of which there is a smaller 

 variety, termed " le petit larbet." 



In a paper, entitled " Sketches of Burschen 



Life," published in The Dublin Univej'sify 



JIaf/azine, appears the following ludicrous 



aiecdote of a poodle and a short-sighted pro- 



ossor: — 



" There was a story, when we were in Heidel- 

 berg, going about, of a certain student who had 



a remarkably fine white poodle ; the intelligence 

 and sagacity of the animal were uncommon; 

 and, aa he used daily to accompany his masiter 

 to the lecture-room of a professor, who was not 

 very remarkable for the distiactness of his 

 vision, he would regularly take his seat upon 

 the bench beside his master, and peer into his 

 book, as if he understood every word of it. 



*' One wet morning, the lecture-room, never 

 at any time remarkable ibr its fulness, was 

 deserted, save by the student who owned the 

 poodle. The dog, however, had somehow hap- 

 pened to remain at home. 



"'Gentlemen,' said the short-sighted pro- 

 fessor, as he commenced his lecture, 'I am 

 sorry to notice that the very attentive student 

 in the white coat, whose industrv I have not 

 failed to observe, is, contrary to his usual 

 custom, absent to-day !' " 



THE LITTLE BARBET. 

 This is nothing more than a smaller variety 

 of the poodle, the head being covered with 

 straight and silky hair — the rest of the body 

 having a curly and woolly coat. 



THE SILKY BOG— CHIEN DB SOIE. 



Like a very small poodle, but covered with 

 a long and silky coat. It is a great favoiirile 

 with the French females. 



THE LION DOG 

 Has a mane like a lion, the rest of the body 

 being covered with short hair. It is supposed 

 to have sprung from a cross between the small 

 barbet and naked Turk. It is of no use as a 

 dog, but interesting as a variety of the species 

 to which he belou<r3. 



CHAPTER VIL 



AL\STIFF3 



"We now enter upon a group of dogs dis- 

 tinguished by the shortness of the muzzle and 

 the breadth of the head ; this latter character 



resulting, not from a corresponding develop- 

 ment of the brain, but from the magnitude of 

 the temporal muscles, which are attached to a 



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