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fettlers on thofe coafts, who ufe them in bringing down 

 wood from the interior parts of the country to the fea- 

 fide : Three or four of them yoked to a fledge, will draw 

 two or three hundred weight of wood piled upon it, for 

 feveral miles, with great eafe: They are not attended 

 with a driver, nor any perfon to guide them ; but after 

 having delivered their loading, they return immediately 

 to the woods, where they are accuftomed to be fed with 

 dried fifh, &c. 



The extraordinary fagacity of thefe Dogs, and their at- 

 tachment to their matters, render them highly valuable in 

 particular fituations. 



During a fevere ftorm, in the winter of 1789, a fhip, 

 belonging to Newcaftle, was loft near Yarmouth ; and a 

 Newfoundland Dog alone efcaped to fhore, bringing in 

 his mouth the captain's pocket-book. He landed amidft 

 a number of people, feveral of whom in vain endeavour- 

 ed to take it from him. The fagacious animal, as if fen- 

 fible of the importance of the charge, which in all proba- 

 bility was delivered to him by his perifhing mafter, at 

 length leapt fawningly againft the breaft of a man, who 

 had attracted his notice among the crowd, and delivered 

 the book to him. The Dog immediately returned to the 

 place where he had landed, and watched with great at- 

 tention for every thing that came from the wrecked vef- 

 fel, feizing them, and endeavouring to bring them to 

 land. 



The following is another inftance of their great doci- 

 lity, and ftrength of observation : — A gentleman walking 

 by the fide of the river Tyne, and obferving, on the op- 

 pofite fide, a child fall into the water, gave notice to his 

 Dog, which immediately jumped in, fwam over, and ? 



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