chapter; XIV. 



DOGS 

 Bridge, Eskimo ; Pluto, Great Dane. 



SO many dogs have become celebrated in 

 various ways during their lifetime that 

 it would take more than one whole book to 

 write about them. From the famous mastiff of 

 St. Bernard's who, in the beginning of the 

 last century saved the lives of more than 

 forty human beings, to the little plaything of 

 a dog which Frederick, Prince of Wales, had 

 given him by Alexander Pope, with a collar 

 on which was inscribed: 



"I am his Highness' dog at Kew; 

 Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you ?" 



I am therefore, only going to speak of one 

 or two who have come under my own per- 

 sonal notice and observation. 



Perhaps one of the most noted and inter- 

 esting dogs of recent years is Bridge, the 

 Eskimo dog who accompanied Commander 



