8G DIVISION I. VEKTEBRAL AXIMALS. — CLASS I. MAMMALIA. 



fall into the \v:itcr. men generally swim and guide it liy the horns, but at 

 other times this service is perl'oriiicd by one or two dogs, who, catching 

 the bewildered animal by the cars, one on each side, force it to swim in the 

 direction of the landing-place, and instantly release their hold when they 

 Ael it touches the ground, for then rlie beast naturally walks up to the 

 shore. These dogs have the form of the Dane, and the colors of a wolf, 

 wilh a long, truncated tail, and generally a Idack spot over each eye, cov- 

 ering their small, half pendulous cars; their eyes are small, very bright, 

 and the hair is rugged. There arc some equal to IMastifts in bidk and 

 bone ; but it is likt'ly they are a cross with the C'uba breed of that race."' 



The reasoning powers of this dog may be inferred from the ensuing 

 incident : — 



" -Vt a coiuent in France, twenty paupers were served with a dinner at a 

 certain hi lur e\eryday. A ]\Iatin I>og belnnging to the con\ent did not 

 fail to be regularly present at the repast, to receive the scraps which were 

 niiw and then thrown to him. The guests, however, were poor and hungry, 

 and (if course not very wasteful, so that their pensioner did little more 

 than scent the feast of which he fain v/ouhl have partaken. The portions 

 were ser\cd by a person at the ringing of a Ijcll, and delivered out by 

 means of what, in monasteries, is called a (oar — a machine like the sec- 

 tiiin of a cask, that, by turning round on a pivot, exhibits whatever is 

 placed on the concave side without discovering the person who moves it. 

 One day this dog, which bad only received a few scraps, waited till the 

 pan[iers were all gnuc, tonk the rope in his mouth and I'ang the l_>ell. I lis 

 stratagem succeeded. lie repeated it the next dav with the same good 

 fortune. At lengtli the cook, finding that twenty-one portions v/ere given 

 out instead of twenty, was determined to discover the cul[irit ; in doing 

 which he h;id no great difhcnltv, for, Iving in wait, and noticing the 

 paupers as they came for their diilcrent portions, and that there was no 

 intiaider save the dog, he began to suspect the truth, Avhicli he was con- 

 firmed in when he saw the animal continue, wilh great deliberation, till the 

 visitors were all gone, and then pull the bell. The matter was related to 

 all the connnunity ; and to reward iiim for his ingemuty, the dog was per- 

 mitted to ring the bell everv dav for his dinner, on which a mess of broken 

 victuals was always served out to him." 



TiiK Xewi'Ouxdlaxd Doii (C'lii!.^ Teme JVorir). — This large and 

 rcmarkaljlc species is a native of Xewfoundland. ]t is noted for its 

 strength, its perseverance, its lidelity, anil aifection. In size it surpasses 

 the Irish Circyhound. One of them, when desired to exhibit himself, 

 stood up inunediatcly, and placed his fore feet on the lintel of the door. 



They are nearly all of a totally black color, excepting a bright, rust- 



