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examining the men at the troop parade, and the 

 horses and himself were on the most social and 

 friendly terms. He would stop before some of 

 the horses, stand on his hind legs, lick their 

 noses, and both parties seemed to express much 

 pleasure at the meeting ; in fact Triton was a 

 personage of much importance with men and 

 horses, and parade seemed incomplete without 

 his attendance and supervision. 



" When the regiment was ordered on to the 

 East Indies, I was unwillingly compelled to 

 leave my four-footed friend behind me, giving 

 him to an officer remaining at the Cape of Good 

 Hope. I parted from him with the greatest 

 regret; but knowing the effects of the East 

 Indian climate on a dog of his breed, I was in 

 some measure more reconciled to his loss ; he 

 died, poor fellow, about a year after I left him 

 from a disease common to dogs in hot climates. 



"Many, many years have rolled over my head 

 since that happy time when, full of youth and 

 vigour, I carried a flint double, shot partridges, 

 hares, quails, and snipes with my old pointer 

 Spot and my noble dog Triton as humble com- 

 panions and friends. My hair is now silver 



