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Instance of sagacity and attachment. 



the spectators, and even Vespasian himself, were 

 highly gratified with the sight. 



The following instance of sagacity and attach- 

 ment, is related in the Monthly Magazine, for 

 April, 1802. 



" Those valleys, or glens, as they arc called by 

 the natives, which intersect the Grampian moun- 

 tains, are chieily inhabited by shepherds. The 

 pastures over which each flock is permitted to 

 range, extend many miles in every direction. 

 The shepherd never has a view of his whole flock, 

 at once, except when they are collected 1'or the 

 purpose oi' sale or shearing. His occupation is 

 to make daily excursions to the different extre- 

 mities of his pastures in succession; and to turn 

 back, by means of his dog, any stragglers that 

 may be approaching the boundaries of his neigh- 

 bours. In one of these excursions, a shepherd 

 happened to carry along with him. one of his 

 children, an infant about three years old. This 

 is a usual practice among the Highlanders, who 

 accustom their children from the earliest infancy 

 to endure the rigors of the climate. " After tra- 

 versing his pasture for some time, attended by 

 his dog, the shepherd found himself under the 

 necessity of ascending a summit at some dis- 

 tance, to have a more extensive view of his range. 

 As the ascent was too fatiguing for the child, he 

 left him on a small plain at the bottom, with 

 strict injunctions not to stir from it till his return. 

 Scarcely, however, had he gained the summit, 



