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THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL 
about the beginning of July following, the shepherd went and 
brought home his ewe and lamb, and kept the lamb for one of 
his flock. 
The lamb lived and throve; became a hog, and a gimmer, 
and never offered to leave home; but when three years of age, 
and about to have her first lamb, she vanished, and the morn¬ 
ing after, the Crawmell shepherd, in going his rounds, found 
her with a new-yeaned lamb on the very gair of the Crawmell 
Craig, where she was lambed herself. She remained there until 
the first week in July, the time when she was brought home a 
lamb herself, and then she came home with her’s of her own 
accord; and this custom she continued annually, with the great¬ 
est punctuality, as long as she lived. All the lambs, when they 
were old enough, began the same practice, and the shepherd 
was compelled to dispose of the whole breed. 
Connected with the faculty of memory is the wonderful power 
of Association. One circumstance will bring to mind a whole 
train of ideas. One link being obtained, the whole chain of 
reasoning or instruction is recollected. This mental power is 
intimately connected with the improvement of the human mind. 
It is strong enough in the brute. The pointer will be quiet 
enough while his master has on his usual apparel; he will 
scarcely wish to accompany him abroad : but the moment he sees 
the shooting jacket or the gun, he is all ecstacy, because he 
associates with it the recollection of many a day’s sport; and 
(although we must not go on too fast—we have not yet arrived 
at the reasoning faculty) if he suspects that he may possibly be 
left behind, he will steal out, and anxiously await the arrival of 
his master on the road that he usually takes. 
Dogs that are not used for sporting purposes know the mean¬ 
ing of the hat in a moment, and are almost equally delighted, 
and on the alert. 
Mr. Dibdin relates the following story, illustrative of this 
power of association, as well as indelible affection :—“ A gentle¬ 
man was obliged to go a journey periodically; his stay was short, 
and his departure and return were regular, and without variation. 
The dog was always uneasy when he first lost his master, and 
