FABLES. 



THE SHIP DOG. 



A young" saucy Dog", having been found not to 

 like any employment at home, was taken by a sea 

 captain on board his ship, where, being well fed, he 

 soon became both stout and fierce, and shewed 

 himself off as such in every foreign port. He no 

 sooner got ashore, than he held up his leg against 

 every post and corner, and scraped the ground with 

 his feet, quite regardless what Dog he might be- 

 spatter; and if any of them happened to look sulkily 

 at him, he thought nothing of seizing upon and 

 rolling them in the kennel. If he happened to fall 

 into company, he always began to give himself airs, 

 to talk big, and to express his contempt for the 

 Dogs of the place. He would boast that he was 

 from a better country, and belonged to a better 

 family than any Dog among them. In short, said 

 he, "I come from Cheviot, the highest mountain in 



