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wild iimiicdiiitcly seized liiin, and dragged tlic delinquent into a puddle, and 

 while holding his ear, kept dabbling hiiu in the mud with exemplary grav- 

 ity. Tlie Cur yelled, the tailor came slipshod with his goose to the reseue, 

 and having ihuig it at the Siieep I'og and missed him, stood hy gaping, not 

 venturing to feteli it hack until the castigatiou was over, and the dog had 

 followed the floek. (Sec Naturalist's Liljrary.) 



A\'e will introduce here one more instance of the extraordinary intelli- 

 gence of the Siiepherd's Dog. 



An English farmer, hy the name of Ilawdvcs, returning from market 

 one night intoxicated, accompanied hy his dog, fell amongst the snow. 

 The night was one of the coldest ever known, and the snow, i'alliiig thickly, 

 and whirled hv the wind, was piling itself up in heaps. The drunken man 

 lay on his back, uneonscious. Now it is well known that a covering of 

 snow will ward oil' the cold as well as a quilt or lilankct. The dog was 

 equal to the emergency, and acted with more intelligence than two thirds 

 of mankind would have done. lie carefully gathered the snow up around 

 and over his master, and coiled himself up on his breast, thus protecting 

 his vital parts. They lay thus the whole night, the snow meanwhile fall- 

 ing fast. In the morning a gentleman passing near, seeing this remarkable 

 mound of snow, drew near it, when the dog jumped from the body, and 

 discharged the blanket of snow tVom bis back and sides by a vigorous 

 shaking. The gentleman inunediatcly recognized the prostrate man, who 

 was taken to the nearest house, and soon recovered the use of his benumbed 

 faculties. His gratitude to his dog was unbounded, and as a token of it 

 he procured a silver collar for him to wear, which bore the following in- 

 scription : — 



"In man trur IVirndsliiii luni; I strove to tinil, 

 liut niissud my iiiiu; 

 At length I t'lniml it in my dcig, most land. 

 Man! lplu^h for shame." 



The ]\Iatin Dog {Caiii!^ Iiniii/riia). — This is a large species, re- 

 markable for strength, and possessing considerable intelligence. Tl 

 nose is prolonged and pointed ; the hair coarse ; color w liitc, with clouds 

 of brown. In temper it is fierce, but not remarkable for courage. 



The Cattle Dogs of Cnl)a are of this species, and are made very service- 

 able. Colonel Smith informs us that they are employed in the following 



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manner : 



" When vessels with live stock arrive in the West Indies, and the oxen 

 are hoisted out by a sling jiassed round the base of their horns, we have 

 often witnessed the great assistance they afford in bringing them to land. 

 For when the ox, first suspended by the head, is lowered, and allowed to 



