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pninc apparent interest tlie progress of the fire, and the cftorts made to 

 overcome it. 8till lie called no man master, disdained to receive bed and 

 board from the same hand more than a night or two at a time, nor could 

 tlic firemen trace out his ordinary resting-place. 



A Dog's Revenge. — A dog had been worried by another of greater 

 strength, and when he returned to his home it was observed that he 

 abstained from half the proportion of his allotted f pod, and formed a kind 

 of store from his savings. After some days lie went out, and brought 

 several dogs of the vicinity back, and feasted them upon his hoard. Tliis 

 singular proceeding attracted the attention of his master, who, watching 

 the result, observed that the}' all went out together, and, following them, 

 he found they proceeded, by severid streets, to the skirts of the town, 

 where the leader singled out a large dog, which was immediately assailed 

 by all his guests, and very severely jiunished. 



A similar case happened in the precincts of London, where a person on 

 business from Dcvonport had taken liis dog. This animal having been 

 maltreated by a ^A'atch-dog, retin-ned with his master home ; but lie was 

 missed a day or two after, as well as a favorite companion of his, a voiy 

 larce Ilouse-doij, and neither were seen for about ten davs. Thcv had 

 scarcely returned before a letter arrived, informing the owner of the dog 

 tliat that animal, in company with another, had been seen at the place 

 where he had been maltreated, and that they had killed the dog who gave 

 the first oftcnee. 



Canine Fidelity. — In the virtues of fidelity and constancy the dog 

 furnishes the highest models for our admiration and gratitude. Niun- 

 berless are the cases where they have been found on fields of battle, lying 

 by and watching the bodies of their slain masters. In KKiO, 8. Bocliart 

 relates a ease, then still witnessed at Paris, l.)y all who chose, of a dog who 

 had followed his master's bier to the grave three years before, and was then 

 remaining on the spot, where, indeed, he cfnitinued to the end of his life. 



A similar case occurred in the last half century, at Lisle, where the 

 admiration of the neighborhood caused a hut to be built for the dog tipon 

 the grave of his master, and food to be brought him. The faithfid creature 

 resided on the spot for nine years, when he died. 



Another instance of the persevering fidelity of the dog, is recorded by a 

 Scotch writer. A shepherd on the Granij)ian ]\Iountains having left his 

 child at the foot of a hill, was soon enveloped in mist, and, unable to 

 return to the exact place, failed to find the child. In vain he sought 

 for it in the midst of the mist, not knowing whither be went; and when, 

 at length, the moon shone clearly, he found himself at his cottage, and fin- 

 from the hill. lie sought in vain the next day, with a baud of shepherds. 



