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reign animals, the hamster ; and bushels of corn, potatoes, apples, 
and nuts have been stored carefully away, as if in the persuasion 
that, however plentiful the present supply might be, it was wise 
not to trust to the continuance of such abundance, but to provide 
for all future contingencies. The conveyance of a large quantity 
of corn must be the work of time, with the combination of many 
individuals ; and there are not a few instances narrated, in which 
the work done must have been as well devised as the associated 
perseverance of man in executing any important and difficult enter- 
prise. The appetite also must have been suspended, with no small 
degree of self-denial, during the progress of the undertaking.” 
“ A gentleman was engaged in the amusement of coursing, wdien 
a hare, closely pressed, passed under a gate, while the dogs fol- 
lowed by leaping over it. The delay caused to her pursuers by 
this manoeuvre seems to have taught a sudden and useful lesson 
to the persecuted creature : for, as soon as the dogs had cleared 
the gate and overtaken her, she doubled and returned under the 
gate as before, the dogs again following and passing over it. And 
this flirtation continued backwards and forwards until the dogs were 
fairly tired of the amusement : when the hare, taking advantage of 
their fatigue, quietly stole away. (Loudon’s Mag. Nat. Hist., 
vol. iv, p. 143).” 
“ I have purposely avoided drawing any illustrations of intellect 
from the history of the dog ; because, however sagacious many of 
its actions are, an objection might be raised, that its proceedings 
are influenced by the long-continued habit of receiving instruction 
from man. This animal also has been the subject of separate 
volumes of anecdotes, to which it is here sufficient to make a ge- 
neral reference; and I will therefore content myself with the fol- 
lowing traits of character, — in the first of which the dog shews it- 
self a nobler creature than the man. “ The hero of the story 
figures in Captain Southey’s History (of the West Indies) with 
great propriety among the conquerors of Puerto Rico ; for, though 
only a dog, the full pay of a crossbowman and half as much more 
was received by his owner for his services ; and he was thought 
to have done as much toward what is called the pacification of that 
island as a third of all the Spaniards who were employed in it. 
Bezerillo was his name : — of a reddish colour, with a black face, 
not large of his kind, nor finely made, but of great understanding 
and courage ; and, indeed, what he did was such that, sans doubt, 
the Christians believed God had sent him for their succour. He 
would select among two hundred Indians one who had escaped 
from the Christians, or who should have been pointed out to him, 
and would seize him by the arm, and make him come back with 
him to the camp, or wherever the Christians might be ; and if he 
