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fondness, attended him both night and day. Wherever 

 he appeared, Dash was never far distant ; and in his 

 nightly excursions to detect poachers, the dog was of 

 great use. 



During the last stage of a consumption which carried 

 his master to the grave, Dash unwearily attended the 

 foot of his bed ; and when his friend expired, the dog 

 would not quit the body, but lay on the bed by its side. 

 With great difficulty the faithful animal was tempted 

 to eat any food ; and although after the funeral he 

 was taken to the house of the gentleman by whom his 

 master had been employed, he took every opportunity 

 to steal back into the cottage where the game-keeper 

 breathed his last, and where he would remain for hours. 

 From thence, for fourteen days, he constantly visited the 

 grave ; and, though caressed with all the tenderness 

 which so fond an attachment naturally excited, he died 

 at the end of that time. 



A similar fact may, perhaps, be recalled to the minds 

 of some readers. Some years ago, a dog was con- 

 stantly to be seen in St. Bride's Churchyard, Fleet 

 Street, which for two years refused to leave the place 

 where his master was buried. He did not appear miser- 

 able he evidently recollected their old companionship, 

 and seemed to expect a renewal of their friendship. The 



