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the blind man's hat. Even when bread was thrown 

 down, the aninjal would not taste it, unless he re- 

 ceived it fro n the hand of his master." 



Dogs can be taught to go to market with money, 

 to repair to a known shop, and carry home pro- 

 visions in safety. — Some years since, the person who 

 lives at the turnpike-house about a mile from Strat- 

 ford on Avon, had trained a Dog to go to the town 

 for any small articles of grocery, he. that he v,;int- 

 ed. A note mentioning the things, was tied round 

 the Dog's neck, and in the same manner the articles 

 were fastened ; and in these errands the commxodi* 

 tics were always brought safe to his master *. 



A grocer in Edinburgh had a Dog, which for 

 some time amused and astonished the people in the 

 neighbourhood. A man who went through the 

 streets ringing a bell and selling penny pies, hap- 

 pened one day to treat this Dog with a pie. The 

 next time he heard the pieman's bell, he ran to him 

 with impetuosity, seized him by the coat, and 

 would not suffer him to pass. The pieman, v;ho 

 understood \vhat the animal v/anted, shewed him a 

 penny, and pointed to his master, ^^ ho stood at the 

 street-door and saw what was going on. The Dog 

 immediately supplicated his n.aster by many hum- 

 ble gestures and looks. The master put a penny 

 into the Dog's mouth, which he instantly delivered 

 to the pieman, and received his pie. This traffic 

 between the pieman and the grocer's Dog continued 

 to be daily practised for many months -j-. 

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* Daniel, i. '21. ■\ Smellie's Philosophy of Natural Historv, 



