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would pick his master's hat out from a number of others 

 of the same kind, or indeed almost any article of his master's 

 from a group of similar articles. He would ring the bell to 

 summon the servants, and if there was no bell rope in the 

 room, find and use the hand bell with equal facility. A 

 comb was hidden on the top of a mantel-piece in the room, 

 and the dog required to bring it, which he almost immediately 

 did, although in the search he found a number of articles 

 also belonging to his master, purposely strewed arormd, all of 

 which he passed over, and brought the identical comb which 

 he was required to find, fully proving that he was not guided 

 by the sense of smell, but that he perfectly imderstood what 

 was spoken to him. One evening some gentlemen being 

 in company, one of them accidentally dropped a shilling on 

 the floor, which, after the most careful search, could not be 

 found. Mr. M. seeing his dog sitting in a comer, and looking 

 as if quite unconscious of what was passing, said to him, 

 "Dandle, find us the shilling and you shall have a biscuit." 

 The dog immediately jumped upon the table and laid down 

 the shilling, which he had previously picked up without 

 having been perceived. Mr. M. having one evening supped 

 with a friend, on his return home could not find his boot- 

 jack in the place where it usually lay. He then said to his 

 dog, "Dandie, I cannot find my boot-jack, — search for it." 

 The faithful animal, quite sensible of what had been said 

 to him, scratched at the room-door, which his master 

 opened. Dandie proceeded to a very distant part of the 

 house, and returned carrying in his mouth the boot-jack, 

 which Mr. M. then recollected to have left that morning 

 under a sofa. A number of gentlemen, well acquainted 

 with Dandie, were daily in the habit of giving him a penny 

 which he took to a baker's shop and purchased bread for 

 himself. One of these gentlemen, who lived in James' Square, 

 when passing was accosted by Dandie, in expectation of his 

 usual present. Mr. T. said to him, "I have not a penny 



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