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® its stupifying influence, may be covered to 
^ ® depth of many feet by the snow, still the 
^bcate scent of the animals enables them to 
'scover the spot where he is entombed. They 
^^*'atch away the snow with their feet, and by 
^ barking call the monks and the labourers 
^ the convent to their assistance. With a 
Provident care to afibrd every chance of escape 
I® the unfortunate travellers, the good fathers 
®ten a flask of spirits about the neck of one 
® the dogs and a cloak on the back of ano- 
So successful have been the efforts of 
®se noble animals in the cause of humanity, 
. of them was decorated with a medal 
commemoration of his having saved the 
cs of twenty-two persons, who must other- 
'''jsc have perished. He was himself over- 
whelmed, in 1816, by an avalanche, together 
Whth two guides, while conducting a Pied- 
^^hitese courier, in a very stormy season, to 
® little village of St. Pierre, at the foot of 
