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1111)11 Slieplienrs Dog, returned hmne next inoniiiig, and leil lii,< wife ti> the 

 spot, holding her by tlic a[)ron. The hodj- was fouud. The dog followed 

 it even to the grave, and died in a few days. 



The IMastiff that died of Gihef. — A MastifF-dog, helonging to 

 the Hon. Peter Bold, England, attended his master in his ehauiber during 

 the tedious sickness consequent on a pulmonary consumption. After the 

 gentleman expired, and his corpse had been removed, the dog repeatedly 

 entered the apartment, making a mournfid, whining noise; ho continued 

 his researches for several days through all the rooms in the house, but in 

 vain. He then retired to his kennel, which he could not be induced to 

 leave. Refusing all manner of sustenance, he soon died. Of this fact, and his 

 previous affection, the surgeon who attended his master was an eye-witness. 



Mu. Hogg's Dog Sikkah. — " ]\Iy dog Sirrah," says ^Ir. Hogg, " was, 

 beyond all comparison, the best dog I ever saw. He was of a surly and 

 unsocial temper. Disdaining all ilattery, he refused to be carcsseil ; but 

 his attention to my commands and interests will never again, perha[)s, be 

 equalled by any of the canine race. When I first saw him, a drover was 

 leadiuii' him in a rope. He was both lean and hunirrv, and far frcini beiu"' 

 a beautiful animal, for he was almost all black, and had a grim face, 

 stri[)ed with dark brown. The man had bought Jiim of a boy, somewhere 

 on the Border, for three shillings, and had fed him very ill on his journey. 

 I thought I discovered a sort of sullen intelligence in his countenance, not- 

 withstanding his dejected and forlorn appearance. I gave the drover a 

 guinea for him, and I believe there never was a guinea so well laid out ; at 

 least, I am satisfied I never laid one out to so gxxid a pur[}ose. He \vas 

 scarcely a year old, and knew so little of herding, that he had never turned 

 a sheep in his life ; but as soon as lie discovered that it was his diitv to do 

 so, and that it obliged inc, I can never forget with wh:it anxiety an<l eager- 

 ness he learned his ditFerent evolutions. lie would try every way deliber- 

 ately, till he found out what I wanted him to do ; and, when I once made 

 him understand a direction, he never forgot or mistook it again. AVell as I 

 knew him, he often astonished me ; for, when hard pressed in aeci)mplish- 

 ing the task that he was put to, he had ex|)cdients of the moment that 

 bespoke a great share of the reasoning faculty." 



Among other remarkable exploits of Sirrah, illustrative of his sagacity, 

 ]\Ir. Hogg relates that, upon one occasion, about seven hundred lambs, 

 which were under his care at weaning time, broke up at midnigiit and 

 scampered off, in three divisions, across the neighlioring hills, in spite of 

 all that he and an assistant could do- to keep them together. The night was 

 so dark that he could not see Sirrah ; but the faithful animal heard his 

 master lament their absence in words which, of all others, were sure to set 



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