OUR FRIEND THE DOG 



turn to their former wild and mis- 

 chievous liberty. The rose and the 

 corn, had they wings, would fly at 

 our approach like the birds. 



Among the animals, we num- 

 ber a few servants who have 

 submitted only through indiffer- 

 ence, cowardice or stupidity: the 

 uncertain and craven horse, who 

 responds only to pain and is 

 attached to nothing; the passive 

 and dejected ass, who stays with 

 us only because he knows not 

 what to do nor where to go, 

 H 2 H 



