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according to desire, and found two large half-bred Newfoundland 
dogs in a room, one of them without disease, the other suffering 
severely from the effects of distemper. The gentleman having 
returned, I was introduced into two rooms on the ground floor, 
communicating by folding doors which were open, in one of 
which was a table set out for dinner. The gentleman was in 
the inner room, dressing for dinner; no one else was in the 
rooms besides him and myself. He inquired if I had seen the 
diseased dog. 1 stated I had, and asked him how long it had 
been in that state] He answered, “ about fourteen days.” The 
gentleman then wished to know my terms, which I stated to be 
10 s. for the first two weeks and 9s. afterwards (if only for a 
short time). He then wished to know if such charge included 
the keep. I replied it did. The gentleman then said, “ take 
the other on the same terms/’ I wish to breed again from her. 
Can you get me the use of a good dog ]” I gave the gentleman 
a circular, and left the room. I received the dogs from Mivart’s 
servant and another person, who, I understood, was in the ser- 
vice of the gentleman. I inquired of these the name of the 
gentleman, and one of them gave me a paper with Dyce Sombre 
upon it, as the name of the gentleman I had just seen. The 
dogs were then taken away by me. But I soon found one of 
them so much reduced in strength that I was obliged to remove 
them to Camden Town in a cab. The dogs remained under my 
care until the early part of July, in the course of which time 
Mr. Dyce Sombre died. On the 10th of that month, Mrs. D. 
Sombre’s servant called at Nassau-street, and left word that his 
mistress wished to have the dogs brought the following day for 
her inspection to the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, at two 
o’clock P.M. Accordingly, the dogs were taken from Camden 
Town in a cab, one of them still not being in condition to walk 
the entire distance. After waiting at the Hotel for some time, 
1 was at last introduced to Mrs. Dyce Sombre, in company with 
a gentleman. Mrs. D. Sombre inquired of this gentleman, if 
he did not think the dogs were two beautiful animals, and if he 
would like them much. The gentleman replied he should. Mrs. 
Dyce Sombre inquired the time it would take for the diseased 
dog to recover; and requested the other, which was Mr. Dyce 
Sombre’s favourite, might be left with her, in order to be sent 
into the country that evening. On my making some objection 
to part with the dogs, since I had received them from the late 
Mr. D. Sombre, and as I understood there were other parties 
interested — claimants in the management of Mr. Dyce Sombre’s 
affairs — I said I thought I should be acting improperly in giving 
up either of the dogs, and therefore begged a little time to con- 
