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extricate myself: but he took to his heels. I called Dandy 

 repeatedly, but he would only stop for an instant, look back, 

 and then continue his former course. It seemed as though he 

 thought that, after such an occurrence, I was not suitable 

 company for a dandified dog. After some trouble I got out, 

 and walked homewards, very much displeased at being so de- 

 serted. The first house I came to was a chemist's, and in passing 

 I perceived the dog inside the shop. On my claiming him, I 

 was informed that he had entered the shop in a great flurry, and 

 that he had been pulling the apprentice's apron for the last half 

 hour. When I told what had occurred, the man agreed with me 

 that the dog had repaired to the shop in order to induce some 

 one to come to my assistance. On another occasion this dog 

 displayed a curious example of his attachment for a cat, which 

 had lived for some time in our family. We removed to a new 

 house, and left the cat in the possession of some friends near 

 the old house, as we wished to get rid of her. The first night 

 of Dandy being at his new residence, which was about a mile 

 and a half from the former one, he was evidently distressed at 

 the absence of his feline companion 3 and at a late hour he 

 barked continually and ran towards the door, and on its being 

 opened for him, he went out, and was not seen any more that 

 night. In the morning when the door was opened, in walked 

 Dandy, not, however, alone, but accompanied by the cat, whom 

 he seemed extremely pleased to introduce to the new abode. 

 The dog had, doubtless, been in search of the cat, and having 

 found her, had induced her to follow him through the streets 

 to his home. 



THE BULL-DOG. 



In the bull-dog the most ugly and forbidding appearance is 

 found united with great animal strength and the most savage 

 ferocity. It is the least sagacious and the most brutish of its 

 tribe, and therefore the favourite dog of the least intellectual 

 and the most cruel of men. The bull-dog is as peculiarly the 



