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Tyne, observed, on the opposite side, that a child 
had fallen into the water : he pointed out the ob- 
ject to his dog, which immediately jumped in, 
swam over, and, catching hold of the child with 
his mouth, landed it safely on the shore. 
The following anecdote, among the immense 
numbers that have been recorded, affords a proof 
of the wonderful spirit of the hound, in support- 
ing a continuance of exertion : 
“ Many years since, a very large stag was turn- 
ed out of Whinfield park, in the county of West- 
moreland ; and was pursued by the hounds, till, 
by fatigue or accident, the whole pack was thrown 
out, except two staunch and favourite dogs, 
which continued the cliace the greatest part of the 
day. The stag returned to the park from whence 
he set out ; and, as his last eff ort, leapt the wall, 
and immediately expired. One of the hounds pur- 
sued him to the wall ; but being unable to get 
over, lay down, and almost immediately expired : 
the other was algo found dead at a little distance. 
The length of the chace is uncertain ; but, as 
they were seen at Red-kirks, near Annan, in Scot- 
land, distant, by the post road, about forty-six 
miles, it is conjectured that the circuitous and un- 
even course they might be supposed to take, would 
not be less than one hundred and twenty miles. 
f<r To commemorate this fact, the horns of the 
stag, which were the largest ever seen in that part 
of the country, were placed on a tree of enormous 
size in the park, afterwards called hart-horn tree. 
The horns have been since removed ; and are 
now at Julian’s bower, in the same county. 
A person of quality, (says Mr. Boyle,) to make 
trial whether a young blood-hound was well in- 
structed, caused one of his servants to walk to a 
town four miles off, and then to a market-town 
three miles from thence. The dog, without seeing 
