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dogs could not go there, said he did not want to gain 

 it ; or that the man experienced in Ufe's disappointments 

 while not loving his own kind less, said, " I find the 

 longer I live the more I like dogs. 



Jack was as faithftil and devoted to my daughter 

 as Paris to me, and the manner in which he would sit 

 and regard her when she was occupied indicated that 

 he considered her the most important being in ex- 

 istence. Fond as he was of boating, he would never 

 go unless accompanied by his mistress, and when in- 

 duced to take his place with Paris, in expectation of 

 my daughter's going, he would tumble out with alacrity 

 at the last moment on finding she was not going. 

 Jack exhibited his great fondness for my daughter, as 

 well as his dislike of my camp-keeper, from his taking 

 him away to the kennel enclosure occasionally, when 

 we were going off upon an excursion where we could 

 not well take him, and evinced his dislike by always 

 barking at him when he came near, with an occa- 

 sional tug at the bottom of his trousers. We left him 

 several winters at camp when going to California, 

 though sometimes carr>'ing him out with us. When 

 left he had from necessity to make friends with Cush- 

 man, after mourning for some days for his mistress. 

 During these periods of waiting he evinced much fond- 

 ness for his keeper, who allowed him to sleep at the 

 foot of his bed, and to accompany him on his boating 

 trips; but as soon as my daughter returned, his hostility 

 immediately appeared, and Cushman said it exhibited 

 the basest ingratitude he ever witnessed. 



