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left its place, and ran deliberately at him. Quitting 

 now the object of his first assault, and seeing that the 

 other continued to rush onwards, he seemed to think that 

 he was in danger, and moved away silently and slowly. 

 The excited cow, however, went after him, until, as he 

 quickened his pace, she galloped as fast as she could, as if 

 intent on his punishment ; but he outran her, and escaped. 

 " The following little anecdote," Mr. Jesse says, " will 

 show the gratitude and recollection of the kindness 

 shown to an animal. A young lady brought up a calf 

 whose mother had died soon after it was born. She 

 made a pet of it ; but, when it became an heifer, for 

 some reason, it was parted with, and she lost sight of it 

 for about two years. At the end of that time, as she 

 was walking with a friend in a lane, she met some 

 cows, when one of them left the herd and came up to 

 her, showing evident symptoms of pleasure in seeing 

 her. She immediately knew and patted her old ac- 

 quaintance, who, after being satisfied by these marks of 

 her favour that the recognition was mutual, quietly 

 turned away and joined her companions." 



