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the true breed for his brother, who resided in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Thames Street, but who, having no other 

 means of keeping the animal, except in close confine- 

 ment, preferred sending him to a friend living in Scot- 

 land. The dog, who had originally been disembarked 

 at Thames Street, was again re-embarked at the same 

 place, on board a Berwick Smack ; by which means, 

 during his stay in London, he had never travelled half 

 a mile from the spot he first landed at. During the 

 short time he remained, he had, however, contracted 

 an afiection for his master ; and, when he arrived in 

 Scotland, his regrets at the separation induced him 

 to take the first opportunity of escaping ; and, though 

 he was certainly unacquainted with every yard of the 

 road, yet he found his way back in a very short time to 

 his former residence on Fish Street Hill; but in so -ex- 

 hausted a state, that he had only time to express his 

 joy at seeing his master, and expired within an hour 

 after his anival. 



Dogs losing their owners in the most remote and in- 

 tricate parts of London, which they have never before 

 visited, readily return by the same instinctive principle ; 

 and instances have occurreii where they have found 

 their way back from foreign countries even. 



Before I conclude this interesting subject, I would 

 remark that dogs, in addition to the capability of tra- 

 versing distances aright that are new to them, have also 

 the faculty of remarking time, and of informing them- 

 selves of the recurrence of determined periods. 



A dog was visited every Sunday by his master, and 

 only on that day ; but, although no alteration \^natever 

 took place in surrounding appearances, on that day he 

 invariably placed himself at the door in silent expecta- 

 tion till his master arrived. — '^ A dog trudged two miles 

 " every Saturday to market, to cater for himself in the 



