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 animal, who bad made his way by some unaccount- 

 able means into the church -yard, and had dug him- 

 self a bed on the grave of his master : again be was 

 hunted out, and again found in tlie same situation 

 the fello\^ing day. The minister of the parish now 

 hearing of the circumstance, had him caught, taken 

 home, and fed, and by every m.eans endeavoured 

 to win his aftections : but they were wedded to his 

 late master ; and, in consequence, he took the first 

 opportunity to escape, and regain his lonely situation. 

 With true benevolence, the worthy clergyman per- 

 mitted him to follow the bent of his inclinations ; 

 but, to soften the rigour of his fate, he built him on 

 the grave a small kennel, which was replenished once 

 a day with food and water. Two years did this 

 example of fidelity pass in this manner, when death 

 put an- end to his griefs ; and the extended philan- 

 thropy of the good clergyman allowed his remains 

 an asylum with his beloved master. 



Vvarmlh is always congenial to the feelings of 

 dogs ; but in sickness it is even more necessary than 

 fresh air : their diseases are very apt to end in con- 

 vulsions, if they are not kept warm. 



Liberal feeding is essentially necesary in most dis- 

 eases to which dogs are liable : living, like ourselves, 

 a life of art, their complaints are most of them those 

 of weakness ; that is, under disease, they seldom can 

 bear to be much lowcrt d : there are cases, however, 

 as active inflammation, where a cooling plan only 

 can be proper. When dogs are very weak, their 

 stomachs cannot digest meat, even if they willingly 

 eat it : but in these cases they receive more nutriment 

 from broth, jelly, &c., but most of all from gruel ; 

 hv broth often purges, but gruel never. They must 



