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DOG. 
dog would not quit the body, but lay upon the bed 
by its side. It was with difficulty he was tempted 
to eat any food ; and although after the funeral he 
was taken to the house of Mr. Corsellis, and ca- 
ressed with all the tenderness which so fond an at- 
tachment naturally excited, he took every oppor- 
nity to steal back to the room in the cottage where 
the gamekeeper breathed his last, and where he 
would remain for hours. From thence, for four- 
teen days, he constantly visited the grave ; at the 
end of which time he died, notwithstanding all the 
kindness and attentions that were shown him. 
M. d’Obsonville had a mastiff which he had 
brought up in India from two months old, and 
which accompanied himself and a friend from Pon- 
dicherry to Benglour, a distance of more than three 
hundred leagues. Their journey occupied nearly 
three weeks ; and they had to traverse plains and 
mountains, to ford rivers, and go along several by- 
paths. The animal, which, M. D\ assures us, had 
never been in that country before, lost them at 
Benglour, and immediately returned to Pondi- 
cherry. The dog went directly to the house of 
M. Beylier, then commandant of artillery, the 
friend of our author, and with whom he had gene- 
rally lived. It is not difficult to know how the dog 
subsisted on the road, (for he was very strong, and 
able to procure himself food) but it shows an asto- 
nishing effort of memory in the animal, who, with- 
out being accustomed to the road, could retrace his 
way after. an interval of more than a month. 
