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man from London took possession of a house, the former 

 tenant of which had moved to a farm about half a mile off. 

 The new inmate brought with him a large French poodle 

 dog, to take the duty of watchman, in the place of a fine 

 Newfoundland dog, which went away with his master; but 

 a puppy of the same breed was left behind, and he was 

 instantly persecuted by the poodle. As the puppy grew up, 

 the persecution still continued. At length, he was one day 

 missing for some hours; but he did not come back alone; 

 he returned with his old friend, the large house-dog, to 

 whom he had made a communication; and in an instant 

 the two fell upon the unhappy poodle, and killed him before 

 he could be rescued from their fury. In this case, the 

 injuries of the young dog must have been made known to 

 his friend ; a plan of revenge concerted ; and the determina- 

 tion to Ccirry that plan into effect formed and executed with 

 equal promptitude. The following story, which illustrates, 

 even in a more singular manner, the communication of ideas 

 between dogs, was told by a clergyman, as an authentic 

 anecdote. A surgeon of Leeds found a little spaniel who 

 had been lamed. He carried the poor animal home, ban- 

 daged up his leg, and, after two or three days, turned him 

 out. The dog returned to the surgeon's house every morn- 

 ing, till his leg was perfectly well. At the end of several 

 months, the spaniel again presented himself, in company with 

 another dog, who had also been lamed; and he intimated, 

 as well as piteous and intelligent looks could intimate, that 

 he desired the same kind assistance to be rendered to his 

 friend, as had been bestowed upon himself. A similar cir- 

 cumstance is stated to have occurred to Moraut, a celebrated 

 French surgeon." 

 The Dog's Many instances have been chronicled of the 

 Intelligence, actions of dogs, which seem dearly the result 

 of a process of reasoning. Mr. Jesse tells of a dog who was 

 sent to fetch two hats which had been left lying upon the 



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