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was, that lio fii:'in('(l a particular attacliment to liis master; and however 

 kind oliiers iiiinlit be, tliey iie\er could gain his afFeetioii, even from coaxing 

 with food, or otherwise, and, whenever set at liberty, ho would rush to the 

 s|iot where the individual of his attachment was. I may give one or two in- 

 stances among many. One morning he was let loose by some of the men 

 on the ground ; he instantly bounded from them to my house, and the 

 kitchen-door Ijeing open, found his w.ay through it, when, to the great 

 amazement of all, he leaped into the bed where I was sleeping, and fawned 

 in the most affectionate manner upon me. 



"Another instance was, when the dog was with me going up the steep 

 bank of the Prince's Street Garden, I slipped my foot and came down, 

 when he immedially seized me by the coat, as if to render assistance in 

 raising me. Xotwithstanding this particular aflcction to some, he was in 

 tlie haltit of biting others, without giving the least warning or indication 

 of anger. lie never barked, but at times had a sort of whine. lie was 

 remarkably cunning, and nuieli resembled the fox ; for he was in the prac- 

 tice of strewing his meat around him, to induce fowls or rats to come within 

 his reach, while he lay watching, as if asleep, when he instantly pounced 

 upon them, and always with success. lie was swil't, and had a noble 

 appearance when rniniing, and carried his fine bushy tail inclining down- 

 wards." 



T]iK Siiei'iiekd's, or Sheep Dog (Cdiu.'i dohipMicas). — BufFon 

 thinks this race, emphatically called tiie Familiar and Domestic Dog, 

 the parent stock of the whole species, but there are few naturalists who 

 coincide with him. The Sheep Dog is scarcely, if at all, inferior to 

 the Newfoundland Dog in natural powers of intellect, and is superior 

 to him in that long training to certain duties which require the utmost 

 sagacity, vigilance, and patience, till it is contended by some that they 

 are become innate. Ilis civilization is, no doulit, older than the shep- 

 herd state of man, and we see in his conduct an instinctive impulse 

 of order and of care, which is strongly impressed upon the sedate and 

 self-possessed expression of his countenance. V\c have witnessed, with 

 astonishment, witli what rapidity, by a k\y words, or a sign of his 

 master, a dog of this breed would fly over a vast surface of open coun- 

 try, single out, drive together, and bring up a particular class of sheep 

 from among a large flock, and lead them to our feet. All this was 

 etfected without confusion, in a few moments, and without the least vio- 

 lence. We have witnessed the care they take of their charge, and with 

 \\hat readiness they chastise those that molest them, in the case of a Cur 

 biting a sheep in the rear of a flock, and unseen by the shepherd. This 

 assault was committed by a tailor's dog, but not unmarked by the other, 



