88 DIVISION I. A'EKTEKUAL ANIMALS. — CLASS I. l\rAMJLU.IA. 



entitled "IIuni:inltv to Urutcs," was an eye-witness. A gentleman want- 

 iiK"- one tlav to o() throuu'li an iron gate, from one part of his premises to 

 another, found a laine puppy lying just within, so that he could not get in 

 without rolling the poor aiiiinul over, and perhaps injuring it. He stood 

 for a moment hesitating what to do, and at length determined to go round 

 throuu'h another gate. A fine Newfoundland Dog, however, whieh liad been 

 waiting patiently for his wonted caresses, and perhaps wondering why his 

 master did not get in as iisuiU, looked accidentally down at his companion. 

 lie comprehended the whole business in a moment, put down his great 

 paw, and as gently and f[uickly as possible rolled the invalid out of the 

 way, and then drew himself back, in order to leave room for the ojiening of 

 the gate. 



Gi:kat St. 15i:i!xai;i) Dog. — This race is nearly allied to the New- 

 foundland l)i>g in form, stature, hair, and colors; but the head and ears 

 arc like that of a AVater Spaniel. 



There is another race trained to the same service, with close, short hair, 

 and more or less marked with gra}-, liver-color, and black clouds, betraying 

 an intermixture with the race of French jNIatin, or Great Danish Dogs. 

 Loth are trained in the winter time to carry a basket with some food and 

 wine; and, thus ctpiipped, they sally forth from the Hospice of St. Ber- 

 nard, and other passes, in scareh of travellers who may have lost their way, 

 or fallen beneath the snows of the preceding night. They are followed by 

 the monks de\otcd to that service of humanit\-, and every winter several 

 lives are saved Ijy tlulr united means. Sir Thomas Dick Lauder possessed 

 one of these animals, ami gives the following description of him : — 



" He was brought home by Sir Hugh Dalrymple, Baronet, of North 

 Berwick, direct from the Great St. Bernard, and Sir Hugh 2)resented him 

 to me in December, 1N.')7, when he was a puppy of about four or five, 

 months; so that he may -now be reckoned about a year and nine months 

 old. He can hardly, therefore, be said to be his full size. His bark is 

 tremendous ; so loud, indeed, that I have often distinguished it when in the 

 meadow >valk nearly a mile off. To it I was indebted for the recovery of 

 the dog when stolen by some carters not lonir after I got him. He had 

 been some time missing, when, to my great joy, one of the letter-carriers 

 brought him back; and the man's account was, that in going along a cer- 

 tain street he heard his bark from the inside of a yard, and knew it im- 

 mediately. He knocked at the gate, and immediately said to the owner of 

 the premises, ' Ycni have got Sir Thomas Lauder's big dog.' The man 

 denied it. 'But I know you have,' continued the letter-carrier. 'I can 

 s\\ear that I heard the bark of Sir Thomas's big dog ; for there is no other 

 dog in or about all Ldinbiu-ijli that has such a bark.' The man then 



