160 NATURALIST'S CABINET. 



Instances of sagacity. 



was a muster of the soldiers, so that every man 

 was forced to march in order before the king. 

 The dog lay quietly by him for some time, but 

 when he saw the murderers of his late owner 

 pass by, he flew upon them with extraordinary 

 fury, barking and tearing their throats, and fre- 

 quently turning about to the king; which both 

 excited the king's suspicion, and the jealousy of 

 all that stood about him. The men were in con- 

 sequence apprehended, and though the circum- 

 stances were very slight, which otherwise ap- 

 peared against them, yet they confessed the fact, 

 and were brought to punishment. 



Plutarch also informs us of a dog, that would 

 not stir from the body of his deceased master; 

 and when he saw the carcase burning, ran and 

 threw himself into the flames. The same is re- 

 ported to have been done by a dog, that was kept by 

 one Pyrrhus; (not the king, but a private person 

 of that name ;) for upon the death of his master, 

 he would not stir from the body, but when it 

 was carried forth he leaped upon the bier, and at 

 length threw himself into the funeral pile, and 

 was burnt alive. 



In Lambeth church, there is a painting of a 

 man with a dog, on one of the windows. 



Tradition informs us, that a piece of ground 

 near Westminster-Bridge, containing one acre, 

 and nineteen roods, (named Pedlar's Acre), was 

 left to this parish, by a pedlar ; upon condition, 

 that his picture, and that of the dog, should be 



