60 DOGS I HAVE KNOWN 



more than any other friend of his. Poor old 

 Jehou, with all his eccentricities of temper I 

 was very fond of him, and sorry when he dis- 

 appeared. He went out with the carriage one 

 day, and nothing more was ever heard of him, 

 though rewards were offered everywhere. We 

 were making a call and left him outside, and 

 when we came out he was gone. However, we 

 thought nothing of this, believing he would come 

 home, but from that day forward the old Jehou 

 was never seen by us. 



My second dog was a magnificent fellow — I never 

 knew or heard of one with such wonderful sagacity 

 and apparent power of reasoning. It was a huge 

 black and white Newfoundlander, of the colour they 

 now call the " Landseer Newfoundland." I got him 

 from an old keeper, to whom he had been left by 

 his late master. The man did not want him, and 

 knowing that I was very fond of dogs, he sold him 

 to me, saying at the time " He was a most a 

 Christian" ; and so he really was. Our introduction 

 was curious. I went off to see him, taking some 

 food in my pocket to make friends with him ; but 

 the man told me that was no good — that if the dog 

 liked the look of me he would be friends at once. 

 When we reached the cottage, going round to the 

 back, I saw a most noble-looking dog, who when 



