don- saw the (.■lievalicr, lie contiimcil tu pursue and attack lihn with equal 

 fury. , 



" Such obstinate ^ii.ilcncc in the animal, CDnlined only to jMacairc, ap- 

 peared "\ery extraordinary, es[)eeially as se\eral instanres of jNIacaire's envy 

 and hatred to Aubri de ^londidier had been conspieuous. Additional cireum- 

 stanccs created suspicion, and at length the affair reached tlie royal ear. 

 The king, Louis \TI., accordingly sent for the dog, whicli appeared ex- 

 tremely gentle till he perceived JMacairc in the midst of several noldemen, 

 when he ran fiercely towards him, growling at and attacking him as usual. 

 The king, struck with such a combination of circumstantial evidence against 

 ]\lacaire, determined to refer the dceisi(jn to tlic chance of battle ; in other 

 words, he gave orders ibr a comlxit between the chevalier and the dog. 

 The lists were appointed in the Isle of Xotre Dame, then an unenclosed, 

 uninhabited [jlace, and JMacairc was allowed, ibr his weap(jn, a great cudgel. 

 An cm[)ty cask was given to the dog as a place of rcti-eat, to enable him to 

 recover breatli. Everything being prepared, the dog no sooner found him- 

 self at iil)erty than he I'an round his adversary, avoiding liis blows, .and 

 menacing him on e\ery side, till his strength was exhausted; tlien, spring- 

 ing f irward, he seized him by the throat, and threw him upon the ground. 

 jNIacaire now confessed his guilt in presence of the king and the whole 

 court. In consequence of tiiis, the chevalier, after a few days, was con- 

 victed upon liis own ackuowledgnicnt, and beheaded on a sealfold in the 

 Isle of Notre Dame." 



The ]\lAG\A\nious Xewfouxdlaxd Don. — A young man belonging 

 to the city of Paris, desirous of getting rid of his dog, took it along with 

 him to the L'iver Seine. lie hired a boat, and rowing into the stream, 

 threw the animal in. Tiie poor creature attempted to climb up the side of 

 the boat, Ijut his master, whose intention was to drown him, constantly 

 pushed him back with the oar. In doing this he fell himself into the 

 water, and would certainly have lieen drowned had not the dog, as soon as 

 he saw his master struggling in the stream, suflered the bo.it to float away, 

 and held him above the water till assistance arrived, and his life was saved. 



QliEEX ^Iary's Lai'DOG. — It is s'aid in the life of ^lary, (Jueen of 

 ►Scots, lately published at Glasgow, that after her head was cut off, her 

 little fivorite Lapdog, which had aflectionately followed her, and, unob- 

 served, had nestled among her clothes, now continued to caress her, and 

 would not leave the body till forced awav, and then died two days after- 

 wards. 



Ar.ouT a SiiEPnERij's Dog. — 'Sir. IJenton, of Lammcrton, had a 

 herdsman, who, pursuing a sheep that had run down the steep bank of 

 Blackadder AVater, fell into the river and was drowned. His dog, a com- 



