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moving about in an anxious manner, after recon- 

 noitring the party, plunged into the sea, and 

 swam towards me, and then endeavoured to 

 take me by the nape of the neck, when I had 

 some difficulty in beating him off, and making 

 him understand his assistance was not required; 

 so, after a little, we swam in a most friendly 

 manner side by side. 



" This was the first aquatic feat of my young 

 dog, who became greatly attached to me, and 

 always swam near me when I bathed in Table 

 Bay. 



" Triton soon knew all the men and horses 

 of my troop in the barracks, and when they 

 marched out in watering order, invariably kept 

 with them ; he lived in the barracks, that is, 

 mostly in the stables with the horses, with 

 whom he was on the best possible terms, and it 

 appeared that he attached himself to his own 

 troop most particularly. 



" At this time an order was issued by the 

 Governor to destroy all dogs loose about the 

 town, and many were put to death, just outside 

 the barrack gates. On one occasion Triton was 

 standing near the gate with me, when a dog 



