36 THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER. 



both returned in the same playful manner as they 

 had gone out. 



" The doctor frequently desired Csesar to make the 

 horse leap over this stream, which might be about 

 six feet broad. The dog, by a kind of bark, and 

 leaping up towards the horse's head, intimated to him 

 what he wanted, which was quickly understood ; and 

 he cantered off, preceded by Caesar, and took the 

 leap in a neat and regular style. The dog was then 

 desired to bring him back again, and it was speedily 

 done in the same manner. On one occasion Caesar 

 lost hold of the reins, and as soon as the horse cleared 

 the leap, he immediately trotted up to his canine 

 guide, who took hold of the bridle, and led him 

 through the water quietly." 



" A gentleman," says Mr. Jesse, " who resides 

 near Southampton, had a retriever, a large half-bred 

 Newfoundland dog, that had formed a friendship with 

 a horse, which, at the time I am referring to, was 

 turned out into a paddock near the house. The dog, 

 hunting one day by himself, was caught in a snare by 

 the leg, and after struggling some time, during which 

 its cries were heard, he disengaged himself so far from 

 his confinement as to break the string of the snare, 

 the wire being still attached to the limb. In this 



