THE TERRIER. 



Terriers have been brought forth, though only one of thefe had been 

 admitted to the female Hound (a). 



Mr. Hope(B) relates an anecdote of a Terrier, which mews that this 

 animal is not only capable of refentment, and great contrivance to 

 accomplifh it, but that it is even poffefled of a certain power, however 

 limited, of combining ideas and communicating them to one of its own 

 fpecies, fo as to produce a certain preconcerted confequence. The narrative 

 is thus related : " Mr. M. of Whitmore in Staffbrdmire, ufedjto come twice 

 a-year to town, on fome family bufinefs ; and being a gentleman fond of 

 -exercife, he commonly made the journey on horfeback, accompanied mofl: 

 part of the way by a faithful little Terrier Dog, which, for fear of lofing in 

 town, he always left to the care of my kind, good-natured landlady, Mrs. 

 Langford, at St. Alban's ; and, on his return into the country, he was fure 

 to find his little companion well taken care of, and perfe&ly recovered from 

 the fatigues of his journey. But Mr. M. calling for the Dog one time, as 

 ufual, good Mrs. Langford appeared with a woful countenance before 

 him: — < Alas! Sir, your little Terrier is loft! and I have been fretting my 

 heart out about him. Our great Houfe-Dog and he had a quarrel together, 

 and the poor Terrier was fo worried and bit, before we could part them, 

 that I verily believed he would never have got the better of it. He made a 

 Ihift, however, to crawl out of the yard, and no mortal here fet eyes upon 

 him for almoft a week after. He then returned ; and (will you believe it, 

 Sir?) he brought along with him another Dog, bigger by far than ours, and 

 they both fell upon our great Houfe-Dog, and bit him fo unmercifully, that he 

 has fcarcely fince been able to go about the yard, or eat his meat. After that 

 your little Dog and his companion difappeared, and they have never fince 

 been feen at St. Alban's.' Mr. M. heard the old lady's ftory with no fmall 

 aftoniftiment; but he bore his lofs with perfecl: reftgnation, and foon received 



(a) Encyclopaedia Britannica,. 

 (b) Thoughts, in Profe and Verfe, by John Hope, p. 47. 



