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ually termed, fascinating animals; and
he speaks as if he had tried it with sue


he speaks as if he had tried it with sue
cess OH unruly horses. Sismondi re-
lates an instance of forbesrance stron-
ger and better authenticated than tina;
which we have quoted from NJ. Blaze.
Some hounds of the tyrant Of Milan,
that were fed on the flesh of man,
taught to chase him for their prey, and
already rendered ferocious by scores
of victims, not only refused to kill q
boy that was given them, of twelve
years old, but when the keeper, in
consequence Of tfeir obstinacy, cut the
throat Of the child, showed an equal
repugnance to touch the corpse. In
this case, at least, may not the pheno-
menon have arisen from the tender
years Of the victim awakening their
dormant affections? The canine spe-
cies have a pecuinr love for children,
though, like all their acquired faculties,
it is irregularly distributed. How
gently they treat them, how much
they endure from them!-Colonel
Hamilton Smith saw . child bite a
bulldog I'll he yelled, without mani
Testing the slightest ill-humor.
THE DOG AS A GUARDIAN AND WATCH.
The most mysterious faculty of the
dog, one that approaches to divination,
is yet to be told. A dog Of Henry Ill.
of France was perfectly furious toward
the regicide Clement as no advanced to
the audience in which he slew his SOW
reign, and could with difficulty be re-
tanned in an adjoining room. The
mere hastiness Of the monk may have
excited the bile ofthe dog. But there
is an equally celebrated case in which
an English mastif, that had never at
tracted the regards Of his master, fol-
lowed him one night to bed, and, tho
repeated repulsed, could net be quiet
ed till he got permission to remain.
That night an Italian valet entered his
masters room with a design to MUIR
der him. and was only prevented by
the faithful sentinel pinning him to the
ground. The solution must be looked
for either in the minute observation Of
the dog, which leads him to notice cir
cumstances that escape our eyes, or
else in 4 conjecture adopted by M.
Blaze, that the emotion of man who
meditates crime produces peculiar
odor from his body.
The best specimen Of trusty guar
dian, that still continues in common
use, is the dog Of the carrier. They
are Of no particular breed. but all re-
markable for the sternness with which
they defend property entrusted to their
care One that was told by sweep
to lie on his SCOT bag till his return,
suffered brutal carter to drive over
him rather than stir an instant from
hispos,. In France the WAGNER trusts
the reigns to his dog while he loiters
behind in the cabaret, and horses and
good, are never more secure than un-
der his ssgacious superintendence
The dog which prevents your prop
ert" from being stolen will sometimes
recover it when it is lost. A lady in
Bath found her road blockaded by a
mastiff, which compelled her to retrace
her steps, and brought her to the spot
where she had dropped shawl. which
he no sooner saw in her possession than
he galloped away. A boy who let fall
some cakes from a basket found, on his
arrival at home, that the greater part
had been gathered up by his dog.
which deposited them untasted, and
then set off 10 fetch the remainder -
Mr.. Bell, in his History Of British
Quadrupeds,' mentions that friend OF
his own dropped louis dor one NOR
ming as he was on the point OF going
out. On returning late at nigh. he
was told by his servant that the dog
had fallen sick, and refused to eat;
and what says Mr.. Bell, appeared
very strange she would not suffer him
to take her food away from before her,
but had been lying with the nose close
to the vessel, without attempting to
touch it. On my friends entering the
room, she instantly jumped upon him,
laid tho money at his feet, and began
to dsyour her victua!s with great vora-
city, An affecting story has frequent
ly been told of dog which persever-
ed in lesping upon the horse of ,rav
eller to call hisatten,ion to his money.
which he had left on bank where he
halted 10 rest. His master, imsgin-