7() invisKix I. vei:teb]!AL axijials. — class i. mammalia. 



In tlic beginning of tlic Rcvuliitidn, tlicrc wiis a dog wlilcli liprnme 

 known to musicians liy the name of Pai'atk', hceausc lie rcgnlarly attended 

 tlie military at the Tuilleiies, stood by, and niarehed with the band. His 

 love of the art was so great, that eaeh night he went to the opera, or some 

 other [ilace where he could cxpcrienee the enjovnicnt which he so earnestly 

 craved. The entertainment over, he woidd dine with any musician who 

 expressed, by word or gestiu'e, that his company wonld be agrcealile. Ho 

 was also remarkable for his independent spirit, and constantly declined all 

 overtures to become the property of any individual. 



A parallel to the aliove may Ijc found in the ensuing incident, which we 

 may entitle the 8tory of 



The Fike-Doc. — AVe nil know what firemen are, nnd their arduous 

 duties ; but scarcely has one ever heard of a dog who felt it his duty to 

 attend fires regularly, as if actuated by a benevolent desire to assist so far 

 as he was capalile. Here, however, is an authentic case. A gentleman 

 re>iding, some H'w years ago, a few miles from London, in Surrey, was 

 roused in the middle of the night by the intelligence that the premises 

 adjoining his house of liusiness were on fire. The removal of his furniture 

 and pajiers immediately called his attention ; yet, notwithstanding this, and 

 the bustle that is ever incident to a fire, his eye every now and then rested 

 on a dog, who, during the progress (if the conflagration kept running 

 about, and apparently taking a deep interest in what was going on, con- 

 tri\ ing to keep out of everybody's way, and yet always present amidst the 

 thickest of the stir. 



A\'hcn the fire was sulidned, and the gentleman had leisure to look about 

 him, he again observed the dog, who, with the firemen, appeared to be 

 resting from the fatigues of duty, and was led to make inrpiiries respecting 

 him. Stooping down, and patting the animal, he addressed a fireman near 

 him, and a>kcd him if the dog was his. 



"No, sir," replied the man, "he does not belong to me, nor to any one 

 in jiarticular. 'W'e call him the firemen's dog." 



" The firemen's dog? Why so? Has he no master? " 



" Xo, sir ; he calls none of us master, though we are all of us willing to 

 give him a night's lodging, and a ]iennyworth of meat ; but he won't stay 

 long with any of us. His delight is to be at all the great fires in London, 

 and, far or near, we generally find him on the road as we are going along ; 

 and sometimes, if it is out of town, we give him a lii't. I don't think there 

 has been a fire for these two or three j'cars past at ^\■hich he has not Ijeen." 



Three years after this conversation, the same gentleman was again called 

 up in the night to a fire in the village where he resided, and to his surprise, 

 he again saw this extraordinary dog, still alive and well, observing with the 



