THE NEWFOUNDLAND DOG. 



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some thirty-two inches in height ; and the other, a smaller Dog, measuring twenty-four 

 or twenty-five inches high. The latter animal is sometimes called the Labrador Dog, 

 and sometimes is termed the St. John's Dog. When crossed with the setter, the Lab- 

 rador Dog gives birth to the Retriever. The large Newfoundland is generally crossed 

 with the mastiff. 



There are few Dogs which are more adapted for fetching and carrying than the New- 

 foundland. This Dog always likes to have something in its mouth, and seems to derive 

 a kind of dignity from the conveyance of its master's property. It can be trained to 

 seek for any object that has been left at a distance, and being gifted with a most per- 

 severing nature, will seldom yield the point until it has succeeded in its search. 



NEWFOUNDLAND DOQ.-Caals famlllarls. 



A rather amusing example of this faculty in the Newfoundland Dog has lately come 

 before my notice. 



A gentleman was on a visit to one of his friends, taking with him a fine Newfound- 

 land Dog. Being fond of reading, he was accustomed to take his book upon the downs, 

 and to enjoy at the same time the pleasures of literature and the invigorating breezes 

 that blew freshly over the hills. On one occasion, he was so deeply buried in his book, 

 that he overstayed his time, and being recalled to a sense of his delinquency by a glance 

 at his watch, hastily pocketed his book, and made for home with his best speed. 



Just as he arrived at the house, he found that he had inadvertently left his gold- 

 headed cane on the spot where he had been sitting, and as it was a piece of property 

 which he valued extremely, he was much annoyed at his mischance, 



