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imaking any nttempt to escapt' From liis protecting 

 curv. But one fatal day tlii^ plcasiiifi; iloiucstii* 

 8ceiie was cliaiiged to one of a tragical nature ; 

 for, at imtackj hdunj a stranger arrived, ac- 

 ciC^j^tiied % lug ddg of e Uwsk cohnt. The 

 result proved that tJie dog had only one pro- 

 ]>ensity/' and that, to speak plircnologically, 

 was destructiveness/' So, availing himself of 



jdiedby lhe^$68sii<»r^, the dutn^s^the 



timeSj lie began to attack and speedily demolish 

 the frames of the poUies, scattered their liiuhs 

 and feathers about, aud did not leax e one sur- 



vivof l^ij^lsifltetheiMe. The horrid sight that met 

 ilsB dfPeetionate e^es of &e (Mt^ on hh retimi, 



was his favourites, some with bowels proti ndiiig 

 from their natural cavity ; otliers minus heads 

 and limbs ; and all so (himaged, as to have life 

 extii^uished. The big black dog even then was 

 ^ktt^t badly o^i^ied in shaking about yrhM 

 remained of those urifortimai& fta&ered bipeds. 

 After this melancholy oeeurrence, lie lucame 

 disheartened from having anv more fa\ oiirites, 

 and gave it to us as the cause why he had no cu- 

 rious antealB- at tliis tim^ #how ut, Imi^ ha mj 

 opinion the relation was much more amarag 

 than the animals would have been : so their ah- 

 sc^ncc^ at least to us, was not a source of regret. 



