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bminilar anecdote. 



tleman heard the story with patience, and endea- 

 voured to reconcile himself to the loss. On his 

 return home, however, he found his little terrier -. 

 and on enquiring into circumstances, was in- 

 formed that he had heen at Whitinore and had 

 coaxed away the great dog, who it seems had, in 

 consequence, followed him to St. Albari's and 

 completely avenged his injury. 



In the year 1796, a respectable farmer, at a 

 village near Gosport, in Hampshire, had a ter- 

 rier, which followed him wherever he went; and, 

 as his business frequently led him across the wa- 

 ter to Portsmouth, the dog as regularly attended 

 him. The farmer had a son-in-law, a bookseller 

 by trade, settled at Portsmouth, and being a fa- 

 mily comfortable in themselves, a friendly inter- 

 course was constantly kept up; and whenever 

 visits were exchanged, the dog was always sure 

 to be of the party. One day, the animal having 

 .lost his master in Portsmouth, after a fruitless 

 search at many of his usual haunts, trotted to his 

 friend the bookseller ; and by whining and many 

 gesticulations, gave him to understand he bad 

 ]ost his master, and wished to renew his search 

 on the Gosport side, where the master then lived ; 

 but the water was an insuperable barrier to his 

 desire, it being too wide for him to swim over. 

 His supplications, however, were not in vain, for 

 the bookseller, who understood his language, 

 immediately called his boy, gave him a penny, 

 and ordered him to go directly with the dog to 



