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twice a-ycar to town ; and being fond of exercise, 
generally performed the journey on horseback, 
Accompanied most part of the way by a faithful 
little terrier dog, which, lest he might lose it in 
town, he always left to the care of Mrs. Langford, 
his landlady, at St. Alban's ; and on his return he 
was sure to hod his little companion well taken 
care of. The gentleman calling one time, as usual, 
for his dog, Mrs. Langford appeared before him 
with a Woeful countenance : — f Alas ! sir, your ter- 
rier is lost ! Our great house-dog and* he bad a 
quarrel : and the poor terrier was so worried 
and bit before we could part them, that I thought 
he could never have got the better of it. He 
however crawled out of the yard, and no one saw 
him for almost a week. He then returned, and 
brought with him another dog, bigger by far 
than ours ; and they both together fell on our 
great dog, and bit him so unmercifully, that he 
has scarcely since been able to go about the yard, 
or to eat his meat. Your dog and his companion 
then disappeared, and have never since been seen 
at St. Alban's.' The gentleman heard the story 
with patience, and endeavoured to reconcile him- 
self to the loss. On his arrival at Whitmore, 
lie found his little terrier ; and on inquiring into 
circumstances, was informed that he had been at 
Whitmore, and had coaxed away the great dog j 
who it seems had, in consequence, followed him 
to St, Alban's, and completely avenged his injury. 
In Japan the dogs are amazingly numerous; 
they lie about the streets, and are very troublesome 
to passengers. In Kaempfer’s time, the emperor 
was so fond of these animals, as to cause huts to 
be built, and food to be provided for them, in 
every street ; the utmost care was taken of them 
during sickness, and when they died, they were 
carried to the usual burying places on the tops of 
