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injury to the next town, where he gave the minister 
of justice a full account of the horrid attempt, who 
had the culprit taken up and punished for the villany* 
A favourite dog, belonging to an English noble- 
man, had fallen into disgrace, from an incorrigible 
habit of annoying the flocks of the neighbouring 
farmers. One of these having in vain driven the 
depredator from his premises, came at length to the 
offender’s master, with a dead lamb under his arm. 
the victim of the last night’s plunder. The noble? 
man, being extremely angry at the dog’s transgres 
sion, rang the bell for his servant, and ordered him 
to be immediately hanged, or some other way dis- 
posed of, so that, on his return from a journey hc- 
was about to undertake, he might never see him 
again. He then left the apartment, and the fate of 
the dog was for a few hours suspended. The inter- 
val, though short, was not thrown away. The con- 
demned animal was too much an adept in the tones 
of his master’s voice, to believe there was any hope 
left for a reversion of his sentence. He therefore 
adopted the only alternative between life and death, 
by making his escape. In the course of the even- 
ing, while the same servant was waiting at table, his 
lordship demanded if his order had been obeyed 
respecting the dog. " After an hour’s search, he is 
no where to be found, my lord,” replied the servant. 
The rest of the domestics were questioned, and their 
answers similar. The general conclusion for some 
days was, that the dog, conscious of being in disgrace, 
had hid himself in the house of a tenant, or some 
other person who knew him. A month, however, 
passed without any thing being heard respecting 
him ; it was therefore thought be had fallen into the 
hands of his late accuser, the farmer, and been 
hanged for his transgressions. 
About a year after, while his lordship was jour- 
neying into Scotland, attended only by one servant. 
