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The Indian and his dog. 



arms, and hastily carried it to the disconsolate 

 parents. 



" Happily, the father and mother were in 

 some measure prepared to receive their child, 

 but their joy was so great that it was more than 

 a quarter of an hour before they could express 

 their gratitude to the kind restorer of their child. 

 Words cannot express the affecting scene. After 

 they had bathed the face of the child with their 

 tears, they threw themselves on the neck of the 

 Indian, whose heart in unison melted with theirs. 

 Their gratitude was then extended to the dogt 

 they caressed him with inexpressible delight, as 

 the animal, who, by means of his sagacity, had 

 found their beloved offspring; and conceiving 

 that, like the rest of the group, he must now 

 stand in need of refreshment, a plentiful repast 

 was prepared for him, after which he and his 

 master pursued their journey; and the company, 

 mutually pleased at the happy event, returned to 

 their respective habitations, highly delighted with 

 the kind Indian and his wonderful dog." 



The following instance of the fidelity of a dog, 

 is related by Mons. Huet, formerly bishop of 

 Avranches : 



" In a village, situated between Caen and Vine, 

 on the borders of the district called the Grove, 

 resided a peasant of a surly, untoward temper, 

 who frequently abused his wife, insomuch that 

 the neighbours were sometimes obliged, by her 



