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^ _ |J Instances of recollection. 



last obliged to make the best of a bad bargain, 

 and take the fellow into his service again. 



The recollection of the dog is remarkably 

 strong, as will appear from the following anec- 

 dotes : 



A dog, which had been the favourite of an 

 elderly gentlewoman, some time after her death 

 discovered the strongest emotions on the sight 

 of her portrait, when taken down from the wall, 

 and laid on the floor to be cleaned ; though he 

 had never been observed to notice the picture 

 previous to this incident. 



A comedian had a wig, which generally hung 

 on a peg in one of his rooms. He one day lent 

 the wig to a brother player, and some time after 

 called on him. He had his dog with him, and 

 the man happened to have the borrowed wig on 

 his head. The actor staid a little while with his 

 friend, but when he left him, the dog remained 

 "behind: for some time he stood looking full in 

 the man's face, then making a sudden spring, 

 leaped on his shoulders, seized the wig, and ran 

 off with it as fast as he could; and, when he 

 reached home, he endeavoured by jumping, to 

 hang it up in its usual place. 



" It was with pleasure," says the compiler of 

 an .interesting little work, " that I watched the 

 motions of a grateful animal belonging to one of 

 the workmen employed at Portsmouth dock- 

 yard. This man had a large dog, who regularly 



