ITra BOG. 



regularly fed, the greatest good feeling existed between them. 

 It happened, however, that the foreman's integrity was doubted, 

 and he was summarily discharged, and another man taken on 

 in h\s place. 



It seemed that there was ample ground for suspecting the 

 honesty of the old foreman ; for, within a month of being dis- 

 charged, he conceived the notion of robbing his late employer, 

 by removing a cartload of hides in the night, he assuming that 

 his intimate acquaintance with the yard dog would protect hiTu 

 from difficulty in that quarter. So, in the dead of night, he 

 drove his cart just under the walls of the tan-yard, and stand- 

 ing on the top edge of his cart, clambered to the top of the 

 gate and dropped into the yard. The mastiff, instantly know- 

 ing the man, offered no resistance, nor in any way betokened 

 his surprise at the nocturnal visit iMsyond following the visitor 



about pretty closely. The hides were selected, and tossed, one 

 by one, over the wall and into the cart ; and then the thief, 

 patting the dog's head by way of thanking him for his non- 

 interference, began to scale the gate. This act,- however, 

 seemed to convince the dog that something must certainly be 

 wrong ; for although there might be a reason for climbing in, 

 there could be no excuse for climbing out, when there was the 

 gate, a touch at the bolt of which would give easy and proper 

 «sit ; so, without troubling his head further about the matter, 

 he seized the ex-foroman by the leg, and there held him till the 

 arrival of the tanners in the morning. 



The height of this animal is usually from twenty -five to 



