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DIYISIOX I. VEKTEEKAL ANIMALS. — CLASS I. MAiULiLLV. 



On returnin'T to liis cottnge, lie fi.mnd tliut the dog liad disappenreil during 

 ]us absence, Avith a piece of cake. Strui-k with this eircunistancc, lie 

 remained at liunie, and when tlie dog, a.s usual, di'partcd with his piece of 

 cake, he resolved to follow him. The dog led the way to a cataract at 

 some distan<'e from the spot where the shepherd had left his child. Qlie 

 banks of the waterfall almost joined at the top, yet, separated by an abyss 

 of immense dcplh, ])rcsented that abru[)t appearance which so often aston- 

 ishes and appaTs the shepherd.s amidst the Grampian jNIonntains. Down 

 one of these rugged and almost pcrpendieidar descents the dog began, 

 without hesitation, to make his w^ay, and at last disappeared in a cave, the 

 moutii of which was almost on a le\cl with the torrent. Tiie shejilicrd 

 with ditHculty f(iIlowc(l; but, on entering the cave, wliat were Jiis emotions, 

 wiicn he behelil his infant eating, with nuicli satisfaction, the cake whicii the 

 dog had just bi'ought him, while the faithfid animal stood by, eying his 

 young charge with niucii conij)lacency. From the situation in which the 

 child was found, it appears that it had wandered to the brink of the prcci- 

 j)icc, and cither fallen or scrambled down till it reached the cave, whicli 

 th<' dri'ad of tlic torrent had afterwards prevented it from leaxing. The 

 dog, by means of his scent, had traced it to the spot, and afterwards 

 jireventcd it from starving by giving up to it his own daily allowance, 

 lie appears never to have (juitted the child by night or day, except when it 

 was necessary to go for its food, and theu he was always seen running at 

 full speed to and from the cottage. 



Sagacity of Dixis. — A dog had delayed entering a ferry-boat at Sol- 

 tosh, near Devonport, Kngland, and, swimming after it, found that the tide 

 swept him away. In this emergency he exhibited as nnich reason as a man, 

 and more than some men would have been capable of. Instead of perse- 

 vering, he swam back, and surveying the <listancc, in connection with the 

 velocity of the current, as if making some mathematical calculations, ran 

 some rods along the shore, np the stream, plunged in again, and reached 

 the landing-place on the opjiosite side in safety. 



Dr. AJaccullocIi relates, of his own knowledge, several singular anecdotes 

 of a Scottish Shepherd's dog, who always eluded the intentions of the hoiise- 

 liold respecting him, if aught was whispered in his presence that did not 

 Coincide with his wishes. 



The instinctive [lerception which dogs have of the nature of property, 

 is singularly evinced in the case of a lady at Bath walking out, anil finding 

 her progress impeded by a strange Mastitf-dog, until, half-alarmed, she 

 discovered the loss of her veil, when, retracing her stcpis, the dog went on 

 before her, till the article was recovered j and then the animal hastened 

 after his own master. 



