7g NATURALlSf's CABINET. 



Sagacity of a little house-dog. 



In the year 179 1 > a person went to take lodgings 

 in a house at Deptford, under pretence that he 

 had just arrived from the West Indies ; and, after 

 having agreed on the terms, said he would send 

 his trunk that night, and come himself the next 

 day. About nine o'clock in the evening, the 

 trunk was brought by two porters, and was car- 

 ried into his bed-room. When the family were 

 going to bed, the little house-dog, deserting his 

 usual station in the shop, placed himself close to 

 the chamber door where the chest was deposited, 

 and kept up an incessant barking. The moment 

 the door was opened, the dog flew to the chest, 

 scratched against it, and barked with redoubled 

 fury. They attempted to get the dog out of the 

 room, but in vain. Calling in some neighbours, 

 and making them eye-witnesses of the circum- 

 stance, they began to move the trunk about; 

 when ihey quickly discovered that it contained 

 something alive. Suspicion becoming very strong, 

 they were induced to force it open; when, to their 

 utter astonishment, they found in it their new 

 lodger, who had been thus conveyed into the 

 house with the design of robbing it. 



For the following highly interesting anecdotes 

 we are indebted to the ingenious Mr. Pratt: 



" A French merchant, having some money 

 due from a correspondent, set out on horseback, 

 accompanied by his dog, on purpose to receive 

 it. Having settled the business to his satisfac- 

 tion, he tied the bag of money before him, and 

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