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scanty pittance which poverty and wretchedness can 

 bestow. 



Dogs \vill sometimes imitate the actions of their 

 masters, will open a door that is fastened with a 

 latch, or pull a bell, where they are desirous of gain- 

 ing admittance. Faber mentions one belonging 

 to a nobleman of the Medici family, which always 

 attended at its master's table, took from him his 

 plates, and brought him others; and if he wanted 

 wine, would carry it to him, in a glass placed upon 

 a silver plate, which it held in its mouth, without 

 spilling the smallest drop. The same Dog would 

 also hold the stirrups in its teeth, whilst its master 

 was mounting his Horse. 



That Dogs are capable of mutual attachment is 

 evident from the well-known story of the Dog at 

 St. Alban's; which, being left by its master at an 

 inn there till he returned from London, and being 

 ill-treated by a large Dog belonging to the house, 

 stole privately off. It spon returned with a friend, 

 that was much larger and stronger than itself; and 

 both fell upon the aggressor, and punished him 

 severely for his cruelty to a stranger. 



There are several peculiarities common to all 

 animals of the Dog kind, briefly mentioned by 

 Linnaeus, with which we shall conclude its history; 

 the principal of which are as follow: The Dog is 

 carnivorous; its stomach digests bones; it eats 

 grass for a vomit; voids its urine sideways, and 

 commonly where other Dogs have done so before; 

 smells at a stranger; scarcely ever sweats, but lolls 

 out its tongue when hot; remembers injuries done 

 to it; is subject to the hydrophobia; its sense of 

 hearing very quick; when asleep, is supposed to 

 dream; goes with young sixty-three days, and 



