The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-04-28
SHEPHERDS DOG.

Mr.. Steel, butcher in PEBBLES, England
had such an implicit dependence OH the
attention Of this animal to his orders, that
whenever he put lot Of sheep before her
he took pride in leaving it to herself, and
either remained to takca glass with the far
mcr of whom he had made the purchase,
or took another road, to look after bargains
! or other busincss. But one time he Glanced
to commit drove to her charge at place
called Wlllenslec, without attending to her
condition, as he ought to have done. This
farm is five miles from PEBBLES, over wild
hills, and there is no regularly defined path
to it. Whether Mr.. Steel remained behind,
or took another road, know not; but en-
coming home late in the evening, he was as
tonished at hearing that his faithful animal
had never made her appearance with the
drove He and his son, or servant, instant
" prepared to set out by different paths in
search Of her; but OIL their going out to the
street, there she was, carryinga young pup
in her mouth She had been taken III tra-
vail on those hills; and how the poor beast
had contrived to manage her drove III her
state Of suffering, is beyond human calcula
tion; for her road lay through sheep the
whole way Her masters heart smote him
when he saw what she had suffered and ef-
fected but she was nothing dauated; and
having deposited her young one III place
of safety, she again set out full speed to the
hills and brought another, and another, till
she had brought he whole litter, one by one;
but the last one was dead. ! give this as ]
heard it related by the country people; for
though knew Mr.. Walter Steel we'll G.
nough, ! cannot say | ever heard it from his
own mouth | never entertained any doubt
4 Al. or 81 a
certainly il is worthy of being preserved,
for the credit Of that most docilc and atiec-
tionate of all animals-the shepherds dog.
There was shepherd lad near Ian
gholm, whose name was Scott, who pos
scssed a dog famed over all the West Bor-
der for his singular tractability. He could
have sent him home with one sheep, two
sheep, or any given number, from any Of the
neighbouring farms; and in the lambne
season it was his uniform practice to sent
him home with the kebbcd ewes Just as ht
got thcm.--I must let the town reader un
derstand this. \ kcbbed eve is one who's,
lamb dies. AS soon as such is found, she i
5 immediate ely brought home by the shephert
and another lamb put to her; and this lad
on going his rounds on the hill, whcncyc
| he found a kebbed eve, he immediately CAV
4 her in charge to his dog to take home
which saved him coming back that way a
gain, over the ground he had looked before
e She always took them carefully home, an,
e put them into fold which was close BY TIL
!, house, keeping watch over them till he wa
seen bv some one of the family; and the
IL that moment he tccamped, and hasted bac
to his master, who sometimes sent him thre
L. times home in one morning, with diiferel
+ charges. 1t was the custom OF the farmC
e to watch him, and take the sheep in chare
a from him; but this required good deal
l. caution; for as soon as he perceived that i
e was seen, whether the sheep were put in
t, the fold or not, he conceived his charges
il an end and no fattcry could induce him
e stav and assist in folding them. There WI
i display of accuracy and attention in thi
c. that cannot say have ever seen cquallc
4 The brig Cambria, from Falmouth, f
c. Vera Cruz, returned to Falmouth on the At
in with between and 500 men, women, al
: children, who were taken out of the ke
East Indiaman, which she fell in with {
re the 1st. of March, OH fire. 1t is suppo
le ed about 90 souls pershed on board Il
re Kent, which had about 500 troops ON boa
le for India.
al The Gunpowder Mills, at Stobbs,
i'll Scotland, lately exploded, and shook I
e. country fnr 20 miles round, Two men we
Y. killed,