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undivided character. His attachment has been trans- 
ferred to the mother of his first favourite, since the 
child’s death. No other object is permitted to par- 
ticipate in his regards. His whole heart is with his 
mistress. He sleeps at night by her bedside, — and 
he selects for his place of repose the spot where her 
shoes are put down. By day he lies at her feet. — 
No other living being is allowed to share in her ca- 
resses. If a child be taken into her lap, Prince 
leaps up immediately, and strives to thrust the object 
of his jealousy away. If he be checked or scolded 
for his presumption, his countenance assumes a cha- 
racter of unmistakeable displeasure, and he withdraws 
himself into some retired part of the room, and re- 
jects every endeavour to reconcile him to his disap- 
pointment. His eyes being a deep unmingled black, 
his countenance expresses with distinctness all his 
varying emotions. We have felt some surprise that 
he should so passionately have taken to my deceased 
niece, child as she was, for his first love ; because we 
have observed that he has an unconquerable repug- 
nance to the notice of all other children whatever : — 
he not alone refuses their caresses, but whenever they 
attempt to pat him, he snarls and endeavours to con- 
vince them of his dislike by trying to bite them. We 
have another dog in the house, but he refuses all 
companionship with him. He tolerates the cat, and 
will sleep on the same sofa with that fellow-servant, 
but we have never seen him familiar with any other 
canine, save a little dog of the same mopsy breed 
with himself which had been brought to us by some 
of the neighbours from the street on a supposition 
