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the kind office which is required is promptly performed 

 by his equally sagacious companion. 



Sometimes the attachment frequently discovered to 

 subsist between animals of the same species, becomes 

 unusually strong. So it was with two Hanoverian 

 horses, which had long served together in the German 

 brigade of artillery, during the Peninsular war, drawing 

 the same gun, and being inseparable companions in 

 many battles. At last one of them was killed, and 

 after the engagement, the survivor was picqueted as 

 usual, and his food was brought to him j but he refused 

 to eat, constantly turning round his head in pursuit 

 of his friend, and sometimes neighing as if to call him. 

 All the care that could be bestowed on him was of no 

 avail ; he was surrounded by other horses, but he did 

 not notice them ; and he died shortly afterwards with- 

 out once tasting food. " A gentleman who witnessed 

 this circumstance assured me," says Mr. Jesse, " that 

 nothing could be more affecting than the whole demean- 

 our of this poor horse." 



