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wine—such as they provided for one of our party who was 
exhausted with the cold and fatigue—than a crucifix.” 
The Rev. J. Cumming Macdona may fairly claim the 
credit of having established this magnificent breed in Eng- 
land, and there are now several kennels besides his which 
contain far finer specimens. than ever were seen on the St. 
Bernard. The measurements of one of these—Menthon— 
were given as (Qin. in length and 40in. in girth. A pup, 
since named Silver King, belonging to another breeder, 
weighed 98lb. at only five months old, and he would have 
reached colossal proportions, had not some cowardly ruffian 
given him poison at the Liverpool Show, and seriously 
checked his growth. The highest price I can find as paid 
for one of these dogs is £800, the sum given by Mr. 
Emmett, the American actor, for Rector, who had changed 
hands previously for £300. , 
Though usually kept as companions only, St. Bernards 
may be turned to good account by the sportsman. Mr. 
W. Cunliffe Brooks, M.P., mentions one of his, Bayard, 
which pulled down the first stag he was laid on in the 
forest of Glen Tana, giving tongue, too, at the bay; and 
Hilda, another from Mr. Cumming Macdona’s kennels, es- 
tablished for herself a great reputation in Glen Tana as 
a deerstalker, often crawling very long distances as low 
and as silently as the most skilful and stealthy ghillie, 
and ultimately tracking for miles the wounded quarry. 
My personal acquaintance with these dogs is almost limited 
to the noble specimen, Chang, owned by Mr. G. du Maurier, 
the accomplished “society” artist of Punch, who for some 
eight years was a familiar figure, in close attendance on 
his master, on Hampstead Heath. I walked over to the 
Alexandra Palace with Mr. du Maurier and Chang in 1875, 
and saw the dog benched for the only time in his life 
at the dog show then being held. He evinced his disgust 
with the whole business by the most touching expressions 
of grief on the departure of his master, who contributed sub- 
