THE NEWFOUXDLAXD-DOG. 
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enormity of his offence ; after which, to the last moment of 
nis life, he never heard the least allusion to the story, in 
whatever voice or tone it was mentioned, without getting up 
and retiring into the darkest corner of the room, with a great 
appearance of distress. Then if you said, 4 The baker was 
well paid / or 4 The baker was not hurt after all/ Camp 
Qame forth from his hiding-place, capered and barked, and 
rejoiced. When he was unable, towards the end of his life, 
to attend me when on horseback, he used to watch my 
return, and the servant used to tell him 4 his master was 
coming down the hill, or through the moor/ and although he 
did not use any gesture to explain his meaning, Camp was 
never known to mistake him, but either went out at the 
front to go up the hill, or at the back to get down to the 
moor-side. He certainly had a singular knowledge of spoken 
language.” 
THE NEWFOUNDLAND-DOG. 
The powerful and beautiful dog known by this name, now 
plentifully distributed throughout Great Britain, is not the 
pure breed, but a race procured by a mixture with others. 
The pure Newfoundland-dog, however, differs from the 
Esquimaux and other wild races, in his muzzle being much 
broader, his lips more hanging, his ears partially pendulous, 
his back longer, and more loose in his general structure. 
The Newfoundland-dog, as now improved in this country 
is unquestionably one of the noblest of the canine race, both 
in regard to his majestic appearance, large size and strength, 
and surprising intelligence. The full-sized animal measures 
from the nose to the end of the tail about six and a half feet, 
from the one fore-foot to the other, over the shoulders, five 
feet eight inches ; girth behind the shoulders three feet four 
inches , round the head, across the ears, two feet; round the 
