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516 ON A BARNARDINE DOG. 
positions ; and I doubt much whether the offspring of a Nor¬ 
wegian poney, and a strong and low draught mare, would not 
be found capable of drawing a heavier weight up hill to any 
considerable distance, than the largest horse of the ordinary 
form and proportion ; whilst it would not, probably, exceed two- 
thirds of its weight, nor require more than two-thirds the quan¬ 
tity of food ; and it would possess much more activity, and be 
much less subject to accidents. And I have good reason to 
believe that more perfect animals for supplying mankind with 
food, may generally be obtained by cross breeding from females 
of small and male animals of large size, than from any breed 
of fixed and permanent habits, relatively to size. 
Hereford Times . 
On a Baknahdine Dog. 
By Wm. Sotheby, Esq. 
Friend of mankind! thy service done, 
Rise thou no more from troubled rest; 
Nor, watchful of the setting sun, 
Where pilgrims wander, widely quest, 
As if their sufferings were thine own, 
And thou wert born for man alone. 
Thou never more, when raves the wind, 
Shalt o’er the Alps thy master guide; 
No more, when drifting snow-flakes blind, 
Shall turn his steps from death aside, 
Hang on his hand, and w oo him back, 
While instinct yet retains the track! 
Thou ne’er again, beneath the snows, 
Shalt search the cleft and treacherous cave, 
And, conscious of sleep’s dread repose, 
Arouse the slumberer from the grave; 
And o’er him breathe thy vital breath, 
And, by thy warmth, reclaim from death! 
Thou ne’er again shalt gladly bear 
The pannier, yoked thy neck around, 
Press to the famished lip its fare, 
And bring the band to close the wound ; 
And, by thy healing tongue, supply 
The balm that lessens agony ! 
Ah! thou no more shall homeward bring 
The infant through the frozen air; 
And, as with hand half human, ring 
The convent bell, nor quit thy care, 
Till on the hearth, before the blaze, 
Thou on his opening eyelids gaze ! 
Long on thy loss that hearth shall dwell;— 
Friend of mankind ! farew ell! farewell I 
