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Dog, the, instance of remarkable affection in - 81, 85 



. , its care of the blind - - - 76 



its care of a waterman - - 17 



ils docility - 66, 68. 



its attachment and sagacity - - 69, 157, 160 



its fury against thieves and rapacious animals - 66 



. . its labors in Holland .... 145 



its nocturnal excursions - - 75 



its terror of the hydrophobia ... 163 



its strong recollection ... 166 



its vigilance .... - 154 



. . friendships contracted by - 176 



friendship contracted by a lamb and - - 145 



journeys performed by - 10$ 



lambs nourished by 169 



lines on, by Mr. Pratt - - 180 



marketing performed by 72 



. . presentiment of .... 15^ 



. . preserves his master from danger - 104, 178 



. remarkable abstinence of 170 



Sir John Harrington's letter respecting the sagacity 



of -.- - - -172 



. . the fidelity of, which cost him his life - - 79 



. . thieves detected by - - 78, 151, 159 



time of the female's parturition, and maternal affec- 

 tion .... 67,164,169 

 ; . the bull, description of - 122 

 . the Dalmatian, or coach-dog, description of - 143 

 . '" -,..- " its alertness and sportiveness - 144 

 . the Newfoundland, its strength and utility - 109 

 ..... anecdotes of - 1 10 

 ..... brings a child out of a river - 1 13 

 . . the shepherd's, a farmer's life preserved by - 141 

 , , . . . a grazier protected by - 137 

 * . . . its obedience to its master's commands 135 

 V - * -A lts utility' sagacity, and attachment - 134 

 . ', " ' . . remarkable sagacity of - 142 



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