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THE DOG. 
Some time after this, the dog met a man named 
Macairi, and instantly seizing him by the throat, would 
have killed him, had not others come to his help and 
beat the Dog off. He was kind to every body else, but 
whenever he met this man, he would seize him with the 
greatest fury, and was several times near killing him. 
This conduct in the Dog, made some people think that 
Macairi was the murderer of Aubri, for it was well known 
that Macairi was a bad man, and had hated Aubri while 
he was living. At last, the singular conduct of the Dog 
was made known to the king, who commanded him to 
be brought to the palace, so that he could see for him¬ 
self how he behaved. The king found that the Dog 
was kind to himself and every one else, until Macairi, 
with many other gentlemen, came into the room, when 
the animal grew instantly ferocious, and fell upon him 
as he had'done before. 
The king could not tell why the Dog should hate this 
man, when he was so gentle to all others, unless he had 
been guilty of murdering his master. He therefore or¬ 
dered that the Dog and Macairi should have a battle, and 
if the man beat the Dog, he should not be thought guilty 
of the murder, but if the Dog beat the man, then it 
should be proof that the man was guilty. To be sure, it 
was not right in the king thus to make the life of a man 
depend on the power of the Dog. But in the days when 
this was done, it was thought that God would always 
protect the innocent, and punish the guilty, during such 
combats, and therefore, that it would be leaving the case 
to the judgment of heaven. 
The place appointed for the combat was a large field, 
where the king and his nobles could see it. Macairi had 
a club given him, to defend himself with, and the Dog 
was allowed an empty barrel, with one head out, into 
which he could run when he grew tired. Every thing 
being ready, the Dog was untied, and in a moment, he 
tried to seize his enemy. But the man for awhile kept 
him off with his club, the Dog, at the same time avoiding 
his blows, by jumping away when he was about to strike. 
After a while the guilty man grew weary, and could de¬ 
fend himself no longer, and the Dog springing forward, 
seized him by the throat and threw him on the ground. 
The murderer now confessed in the presence of the king 
and his nobles, that he had killed Aubti, the Dog’s mas¬ 
ter, and buried him under the tree, where his body was 
found. And soon after, this miserable and cruel man 
suffered the punishment due to the awful crime of 
murder. 
Thus we see the danger there is of being punished, 
even in this life, for crimes committed in the most secret 
places. 
The wicked Macairi did not think that a Dog could be 
the means of bringing him to punishment, by telling of 
) this murder. But he ought to have thought that God 
would see him, and that if he was not punished for so 
j awful a crime in this world, the justice of Heaven would 
'! bring him to trial and punishment after death. Let us 
) then take care how we do wrong, for we may he brought 
to shame and punishment, when we least expect it, and 
it is certain, if we escape here, that we cannot escape 
‘ hereafter. 
ANECDOTE III. 
' Although Dogs often fight with each other, it would 
I seem, from the following anecdote, that when one of 
; their kind will yield, without fighting, they will not touch 
I him. 
Many years ago. some persons went on shore in Eng- 
) land, from their vessel, and carried with them their Dog. 
The Dog strayed away, and when the men sailed, he 
I I could not be found, and thus he was kept, a stranger on 
) shore. Finding that he was left without a home, and 
) having nothing to eat, he began to kill sheep, and soon 
; became so ferocious, that he made great havoc for many 
\ miles around. He grew so nice in his appetite, that he 
) would eat no part of the sheep except the fat, and thus 
I it took three or four sheep every day to satisfy him. The 
farmers, losing so many sheep, tried every way to destroy 
the dog, but for a long time he escaped, in spite of every 
thing they could do. They chased him with stag-hounds 
and with grey-hounds, but when these dogs came up 
with him, he would lie down on his back, and without 
trying to bite them, would seem to beg for mercy, and 
the Dogs in chase, when they saw him do this, would 
not touch him. Having lain quietly, and taken his rest 
in this way, until the hunters came near, he would then 
jump up and run away, but the Dogs would not follow 
\ him until the men came up and set them on again. 
( When they overtook him, he would lie down as before. 
and thus escape in the same way. One day he was pur- 
) sued more than thirty miles, but came back again in 
) time to kill a sheep that very evening. During the day, 
he always lay on a rock, at a place where two roads 
) crossed each other, so that he could see into each of the 
j, roads, and thus persons could not go near him without 
) his seeing them. Having escaped all the plans laid for 
( his destruction for more than a year, he was finally shot 
’ near his favorite rock, to the great joy of the farmers, 
( and the no less comfort of all the sheep in that neigh- 
{ borhood. 
' ANECDOTE IV. 
A good man who lived in France, had some enemies 
( that accused him of crimes, for which he afterwards suf- 
\ fered death. This man had a Dog of the Spaniel kind, 
i to whom he was strongly attached for his kindness and 
> obedience. When the man was put into prison, the offi- 
