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Anecdotes of sagacity, &c. 



throwing himself at her some yards, with the 

 most incredible and determined ferocity, caught 

 her exactly upon the brink, and unfortunately 

 went with her in his mouth to the bottom, where 

 they were literally dashed to atoms. 



THE SHEPHERD'S DOG. 



IN those extensive tracts of land which, in 

 many parts of Great Britain, are appropriated to 

 the feeding of sheep and other cattle, this animal 

 is of the utmost utility and importance : his voice 

 is more attended to than even that of the shep- 

 herd; and safety, order, and discipline are the 

 results of his vigilance and attention. This breed 

 is, at present, preserved in the greatest purity in 

 the northern parts of Scotland. 



The following anecdotes of sagacity and at- 

 tachment cannot fail of affording some amuse- 

 ment to the reader: 



In the very severe winter of 1794, as Mr. 

 Boustead's son was looking after his father* 

 sheep, on Great Salkelcl Common, near Penrith, 

 in Cumberland, he had the misfortune to fall and 

 break his leg. He was then three miles from 

 home, no person within call, and evening ap- 

 proaching. Under the impulse arising from the 

 desperate circumstances of his situation, he folded 

 up one of his gloves in his handkerchief, tied thi* 

 about the neck of his dog, and ordered him 



