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Anecdotes of attachment, &c. 



at the i>oor fellow's expence, as did he likewise 

 when happily liberated from his vigilant enemy. 



" A gentleman in the city," says Mr. Dibdin, 

 " had a dog so attached to him that he knew no 

 pleasure in the absence of his master. This dog, 

 of course, he loved and valued ; for I have the 

 pleasure of knowing him, and I believe no man 

 can have more humanity or sensibility. The 

 gentleman married : and in a short time the dog 

 seemed to feel a diminution of affection towards 

 him, and testified great uneasiness; but, finding 

 his mistress grew fond of him, his pleasure 

 seemed to redouble, and he was perfectly happy. 

 Something more than a year after this they had 

 a child. There was now a decided inquietude 

 about the dog, and it was impossible to avoid 

 noticing that he felt himself miserable. The at- 

 tention paid to the child increased his wretched- 

 ness; he loathed his food, and nothing could 

 content him, though he was treated on this very 

 account with the utmost tenderness. At last he 

 hid himself in the coal cellar, whence every kind 

 and solicitous means were taken to induce him 

 to return, but all in vain. He was deaf to all 

 intreaty, rejected all kindness, refused to eat, andj 

 continued firm to his resolution, till exhausted, 

 nature yielded to death." 



" I shall give", continues our author, " one 

 more instance of the affecting kind. The grand- 

 father of as amiable a man as ever existed, and 



