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doin." We shall now give a specimen or two of 

 the anecdotes : — " One of the late chaplains of 

 the embassy at Lisbon, brought to England with 

 him a dog of the Newfoundland breed, so large 

 that he was obliged to go from Torquay to London, 

 as no public coach would convey him. Though so 

 immense in size, he was very gentle, but perfectly 

 aware of his own powers. When his master was 

 at the hotel at Torquay, the waiter spoke savagely 

 to the dog, and tried to prevent him going where 

 he wished. With one stroke of his paw he felled 

 the waiter, and then passed on without doing any 

 further mischief. When his feet were dirty, he 

 always entered the passage and ascended the stairs 

 on tip-toe to avoid being detected, but when his 

 feet were dry, he trod with all his weight and made 

 as much noise as a pony. After being two years 

 at the hotel, he wanted water. A gentleman who 

 related the circumstance, saw the dog go to the 

 kitchen, take up a pail in his mouth, and carry it 

 to the pump in the yard. He sat down by it till 

 one of the servants came out, and then his gestures 

 were so significant that the man pumped the pail full. 

 When he had .drank a sufficient quantity of water, 

 he took up the pail again and carried it to the 

 same place in the kitchen from whence he had 

 taken it." — vol. III. p. 30. Here is another on the 

 same sagacious genus : — " A gentleman of my ac- 

 quaintance witnessed the following occurrence. He 

 was shooting one day by the side of a hill, attended 



