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sense of suffocation, which deprived him of the power of 

 stirring a limb, yet left him sensible that his house was 

 on fire. At this moment, and while his apartment was 

 in flames, his large dog jumped on the bed, seized him 

 by the shirt, and dragged him to the stair-case, where 

 the fresh air restored his powers of escape. " This is 

 very different," as Sir Walter Scott remarks, " from most 

 cases of the preservation of life by the canine race, when 

 the animal generally jumps into the water, in which ele- 

 ment he has force and skill. That of fire is as hostile to 

 him as to mankind." 



Some Newfoundland dogs display their power in a great 

 variety of ways. According to Captain Brown, Mr. M'ln- 

 tyre, patent mangle manufacturer, Regent Bridge, Edin- 

 burgh, has a dog whose sagacious qualifications are truly 

 astonishing and almost incredible. As the animal con- 

 tinues daily to give the most striking proofs of his powers, 

 he is well known in the neighbourhood, and any person 

 may satisfy himself of the reality of those feats, many 

 of which the writer has himself had the pleasure to wit- 

 ness. 



Some gentlemen being in company one evening, one 

 of them accidentally dropped a shilling on the floor, 

 which, after the most careful search, could not be found. 

 Mr. M. seeing his dog sitting in a corner, and looking as 



