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THE DOG. 
the dog, he taxed him with the artifice ; ani 
after a little hesitation he confessed that 
had taught the dog the trick in order to pro* 
cure customers. The officer, being mud’ 
struck with the sagacity of the dog, purchase^ 
him at a high price, and brought him to Eng' 
land. Having kept him for some time 
up in London, he then released him. Tb^ 
animal remained with him for a day or tvfO, 
and then made his escape. A fortnight after 
wards he was found with his old master on tb^ 
bridge, pursuing his former vocation. 
In the month of December, 1782, a surgeol' 
residing on the border of Cheshire was sum' 
moned to give professional attendance at Hem 
ton, near Manchester, and set out late on 
frosty, star-light night, on foot and unattend' 
ed, to return home. On passing a warehouse- 
opposite to the New Cross in Manchester, 
large buff-coloured mastiff came snuffing abou‘ 
his legs. Supposing the dog to be the guar 
