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richest village in Switzerland), and found the owner 

 of the dog in question (M. Fritz Lienhardt) was 

 not at home, but he returned before we left. Mme. 

 Lienhardt was kind enough to show me the dogs, or 

 rather a smooth dog and a bitch. The dog, who had 

 taken premier prize at Berne, is four years old, 

 handsomely marked, patched very dark orange and 

 white, with black shadings, tall, good in bone, fair 

 in head, but hardly deep enough in muzzle. The 

 bitch we saw here was typical in colour, orange 

 and white patched, good in head, but she was too 

 small. We reached Berne about 11.15 P- m - 



" The following morning, June 25th, was the 

 market day in Berne, and our driver of the previous 

 day came to the hotel shortly after breakfast and said 

 he should be glad to show me round the town. I 

 was very glad of his service, as he knew most of the 

 country people. We saw a great number of St. 

 Bernards, both rough and smooth, in the market 

 place lying down beside the carts which they had 

 drawn to the market (the carts contained vegetables, 

 fruit, flowers, cheese, butter, eggs, &c.). Some of 

 the vehicles were drawn by a couple of dogs with a 

 man or woman between them to guide the shafts 

 and prevent a spill or turnover. Other carts were 

 drawn by only one dog. These dogs were a 

 mixed lot, most of them St. Bernards ; many were 



