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about. Another dog was then let loose ; and was 
served in the same manner. But the thirds being 
put in, immediately seized the lion by the lip, and 
held him for a considerable time ; till, being- se- 
verely torn by his claws, the dog was obliged to 
quit. his. hold. The lion, greatly exhausted by the 
conflict, refused to renew the engagement ; but, 
taking a sudden leap over the dogs, fled into the 
interior part of his den. Two of the dogs soon 
died of their wounds ; the last survived, ond was 
taken great care of by the king's son ; who said, ' 
<c He that had fought with the king of beasts, 
should never after fight with any inferior creature. 
This, animal, conscious of his superior strength, 
has been known to chastise, with great dignity, 
the impertinence of an inferior. A large dog of 
this kind, belonging to the late M. Ridley, esq. 
of Heaton, near Newcastle, being frequently mo- 
lested by a mongrel, and teazed by its continual, 
barking, at last took it up in his mouth by the 
back, and with great composure dropped it over 
the quay into the river, without doing any farther 
injury to an enemy so contemptible-. 
Some years ago, at a bull-baiting in the North 
of England, when that barbarous custom was more 
prevalent than it is at present, a young man, con- 
fident of the courage of his dog, laid some trifling 
wagers that he would, at separate times, even cut 
off all the animal's feet ; and that, after every succes- 
sive amputation, lie would attack the bull. The 
cruel and unmanly experiment was tried ; and the 
dog continued to seize the bull with the same eager- 
ness as before. 
An anecdote related by Mr. Hope, and well au- 
thenticated by other persons, shews also that this 
animal is both capable of resentment when injured, 
and of great contrivance to accomplish it. A gen- 
tleman of Whitmore in Staffordshire, used to couif 
