228 THE DOG. 



tare ; and it was ne.cessary that the words should be 

 fust pronounced to him each time, which he then 

 echoed from his preceptor. Leibnitz, however, 

 decUires that he himself heard him speak ; and the 

 French academicians add, that unless they had re- 

 ceived the testimony of so great a man as Leibnitz, 

 they should scarcely have dared to report the circum- 

 stance. This wonderful Dog was born, at Zeitz in 

 Misnia, in Saxony *. 



A little Dog, if advices from Sweden may be cre- 

 dited, was some years ago exhibited at Stockholm, 

 which had been taught to speak many words, and to 

 utter even complete sentences, in French and Swe- 

 dish, five le Roi he uttered very gracefully ■^. 



The sensibility ascribed to the faithful Dog o£ 

 Ulysses, shews how deeply and justly mankind have 

 been impressed with the noble character of these du- 

 tiful and affectionate creatures, even from the most 

 remote periods of antiquity. 



He knew his lord : he knew, nnd strove to meet ; 

 In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet ; 

 \et — all he could— his tail, his cars, his eyes, 

 Salute his master, and confess hisjo\s. 

 Oh had you seen him vigorous, hold, and young. 

 Swift as a Stag, and as a Lion strong ! 

 Him no ftll savage on the plain wlthi^tood. 

 None 'scap'dh.im bosom'din the gloomy wood. 

 His eye how piercing, and his scent how true 

 'I'o wind the vapour in the taintd dew ! 



* Shaw's Gph. Zool. vol. i. p. 389. t Gcat-Mag. xxxv. 4S7. 



