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her of the anticipated treat, (the greater in her 

 cafe as in ours, becaufe it was forbidden,) of crop- 

 ping the clover of the lawn fhe had fo flily taken 

 pofTefiion of. 



We hear much of the inftinct of animals ! Is 

 that only inftincl that prompts my friend's fa- 

 vourite fetter to greet him with fo much gladnefs 

 on ordinary days, wagging his tail as if he would 

 (hake it off, and laughing from fheer delight with 

 his merry eyes and good-humoured face ? Is that 

 only inftincl: that keeps him fo quiet on the Sab- 

 bath-day, and tells him he muft not follow his 

 matter as ufual, becaufe he is about to enter the 

 fancluary below, (though, I am fure, if he did, he 

 would comport himfelf far more decently than 

 the two louts I faw there, reverfing the good old 

 faying, and who entered the church to laugh ; and 

 remained though not to pray !) Surely in all this 

 there is fomething more than inftincT:, as well as 

 in the conduct of the fagacious Polly ! Something 

 more than inftincl: muft keep thofe heels of hers 

 quiet, when fhe finds that not only has (he to carry 

 upwards of eleven ftone of human flefh, bones, 

 &c. upon her back, but to drag as much after 

 her fufpended by her tail. She kicks not then, 

 gentle reader, becaufe flie is a dutiful fervant, and 



