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Terrier was so worried and bit before we could part 

 them, that I thought he could never have got the 

 better of it. He however crawled out of the yard, 

 and no one saw him for almost a week. He then re- 

 turned, and brought with him another Dog, bigger 

 bv for than ours ; and they both together fell on our 

 great Dog, and bit Iiim so unmercifully, that he has 

 scarcely siace been able to go about the yard, or to 

 eat his meat. Your Dog and his companion then 

 disappeared, and have never since been seen at St. 

 Alban's.' Tne gendeman heard the story with pa- 

 tience, and endeavoured to reconcile himself to the 

 loss. On his arrival at Whitniore, he found his little 

 Terrier ; and on enquiring into circumstances, was 

 informed that he had been at Whitmore and had 

 coaxed away the great Dog, who it seems had, in 

 consequence, followed iiim to St. Alban's and com- 

 pletely avenged his uijury *. 



In Japan the Dogs are amazingly numerous; they 

 lie about the streets, and are very troublesome to 

 passengers. In Kaempfer's time the Emperor was so 

 fond of these animals, as to cause huts to be built, 

 and food to be provided for them, in every street; 

 the utmost care v. as taken of them during sickness, 

 and when they died they were carried to the usual 

 burying places on the tops of mountains. This at- 



* All enquiry rcspt'cting tliis circiuiistauce, has lately been macl*^» 

 n'.Mr. Laiv:,toic!, surgeon, in St. xMbiuVs. He savs that theie is now 

 living in St. Albans, one of the inu servants, who has a pcrftet recol- 

 lection of the event. 



