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him. I heard the noise and went to the spot with my 

 dog, I spoke to him and in he went, more like a seal or 

 other marine animal, than a dog, and after several vain 

 attempts succeeded in mounting the wreck and laid hold 

 of the boy's clothes, who screamed and clung to the 

 ropes, etc., being much frightened at being thus 

 dragged into the water, as the waves were dashing over 

 the rocks. In the excitement and anxiety of the mo- 

 ment I thought the dog had missed his hold, and 

 stripped off most of my clothes to render what assist- 

 ance I could. I was just in the act of springing in, hav- 

 ing selected the time when the receding waves gave the 

 best chance, when I caught sight of old Bagsman, as 

 my dog was called, with the struggling boy, whose head 

 was uppermost. I rushed to where they must land and 

 received both as they reached the shore. 



Some time after I was out with the same dog, wild 

 fowl shooting. We had both been hard at work and 

 I left him behind me, while I went to a neighbouring 

 town to get a supply of gunpowder. A man in a 

 drunken frolic had pushed off in a boat with a girl 

 in it, the tide running out, carried the boat quickly 

 away, and the man being unable to swim, became 

 frightened and jumped overboard. Bagsman was 

 near the spot, heard the splash, jumped in, swam 

 to the man, caught hold of him and brought him 

 twenty or thirty yards towards shore, when the 

 drunken fellow clasped the dog tightly round the body, 

 and they both went down together. The girl was 

 saved by a boat going to her assistance. The body 

 of the man was recovered about an hour afterward 



