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THE DOG AND THE CAT. 



NEVER were two creatures happier together than 

 a Dog" and a Cat, reared in the same house from 

 the time of their birth. They were so kind, so 

 gamesome, and diverting, that it was half the 

 entertainment of the family to see the gambols 

 and love tricks that passed between them. Still 

 it was observed, that at meal-times, when scraps 

 fell from the table, or a tit-bit was thrown to them, 

 they would be snarling and spitting at one another 

 like the bitterest foes. 



APPLICATION. 



THIS Fable is too true a picture of the practices 

 and friendships of the world. We first enter into 

 agreeable conversations, contract likings, and form 

 close intimacies and connections, which one would 



