692 THE DOG. 



own food for days together ; and they will exhibit the same 

 feelings towards a kitten, or even a child, that is fondled by 

 their mistress. A beautiful little dog that had lost its mas- 

 ter, and was wandering about perplexed and forlorn, made up 

 to another dog, a pampered favourite, reposing at the por- 

 ter's gate of a mansion. The little dog used all his arts to 

 win the favour of the happier stranger, laid himself down 

 beside him, and gambolled about him. But the favourite 

 was inexorable. He thought, perhaps, that the beauty and 

 winning ways of the little wanderer might gain him favour 

 within ; and, on the latter attempting to follow him beyond 

 the gate, shewed his teeth, raised his bristles, and threat- 

 ened to oppose the entrance. The little dog flew at the churl, 

 bit him severely, put him to flight, and then departed indig- 

 nantly, like a hero of romance denied the rites of hospitality. 

 As Dogs may be jealous of their fellows, so they may be 

 forgiving and generous. Dogs, from their habits, and their 

 intimate connexion with man, are naturally repulsive and 

 suspicious towards strangers of their own species. But, 

 should two dogs be brought up together, it is wonderful how 

 attached they become, the one frequently pining, and re- 

 fusing his food, when his companion is taken away. The 

 powerful dog rarely attacks one much weaker than himself, 

 and never a puppy, however he may growl at it and frighten 

 it. "When one dog, from any cause, attacks another, he 

 rarely, unless urged on, carries his resentment beyond a 

 moderate chastisement, and is almost always mollified by sub- 

 mission. A dog, who has seen another in want of food, has 

 been known to carry him daily a portion of his own allowance. 

 A Barbet, or Newfoundland Dog, that will save the life of a 

 man, w r ill plunge into the water after a drowning fellow, and 

 bring him on shore. A Newfoundland dog, once teased be- 

 yond endurance by a cur, took the aggressor in his mouth, 

 dropped him quietly over the bank of a neighbouring canal, 

 and having suffered him to flounder about for a while, leaped 

 into the water and brought him on shore. 



