The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-05-13
Anecdotes OF Dogs.

The following are selected from great
variety of interesting anecdotes of dogs in
Capt. Browns Popular Natural History,
just published
An English gentleman some time ago
went to Vauxhall Gardens (France) with a
large mastif, which was refused admittance.
and the gentleman left him in the care of
the body guards, who are placed there. The
Englishman, some time after he had enter.
ed, returned to the gate and informed the
guards that he had lost his watch, telling
the sergeant that if he would permit him to
take in the dog, he would soon discover the
thief. His request being granted, the gen
deman made motions TO the dog Of what he
had lost, which Immediately ran about
amongst the company, and traversed ihe
gardens, till at last, he laid hold OF a man.
The gentleman insisted that this person had
got his watch; and on being searched, not
only his watch, but six others were discov-
cred in his pockets. What is more remark
able, the dog possessed such perfection Of
instinct, IS to take his masters watch from
the other six, and carry.it to him.
OF the alertness Of the dog in recovering
the lost property Of its master, we shall give
one other instance. NJ. Dmont, a trades
man Of the Rue St. Denis, Paris, offered to
lay wager with friend, that if he were to
hide six-livre piece in the dust, his dog
would discover and bring it to him. The
wager was accepted, and the piece OF mo-
ney secreted, after being carefully marked.
When they had proceeded some distance
from the spot, M: Dumont called to his dog
that he had lost something. and ordered him
TO seek it. Caniche Immediately turned
back, while his master and his companion
pursued their walk to the Rue St. Denis
Meanwhile a traveller, who happened to be
just then returning in a small chaise from
Vincennes, perceived the piece Of money,
which his horse had kicked from its hiding
place; he alighted. took it up, and drove to
bis inn in Rue POnt-auX-Choux, and Ca
niche had just reached the spot in search OF
the lost piece when the stranger picked it
up. He followed the chaise, went into the
i'm, and stuck close TO the traveller. Hav.
ing scented out the coin, which he had been
ordered to bring back, in the pocket of the
latter, he leaped up necessarily about him.
The gentleman, snpposing him to be some
dog that had been lost or left behind by his
master. regarded his different movements as
marks Of fondness; and as theanimal was
handsome, he determined to keep him. He
gave him good supper, and on retiring to
bed, took him with him to his chamber. No
sooner had he pulled off his clothes, than
they were seized by the dog; the owner con
ceiving he wanted to play with them, took
them away again. The animal began to
bark at the door, which the traveller open
ed, under the idea that he wanted to go out.
Caniche instantly snatched up an article of
dress and away he flew. The stranger pos
ted after him with his nightcap on, and liter
ally sans-culottes. Anxiety for the fate Of a
purse full Of double Napoleons, Of forty
lranes each, which was in one Of the peck
cts, gave redoubled velocity To bis steps.
Caniche ran full speed to his masters house,
where The stranger arrived moment after
wards, breathing and enraged. He accused
the dog Of robbing him. Sir said the mas
ter, my dog is a very faithful creature, and
if he hes run away with your clothes, it is
because you have in them money which
does not belong to you The traveller be-
came still more exasperated. Compose
yourself, sir, rejoined the other smiling;
'without doubt, there is in your purse, a six.
livre piece, with such and such marks,
which you picked up in the. Boulevard St.
Antoine, and which I threw down there with
a firm conviction that my dog would bring
it back again. This is the cause Of the rob-
berry which lie committed upon you!' The
strangers rage now yielded to astonshment;
he delivered the six-livre piece to the owner,
and could not forbear caressing the dog
which had given him so much uneasiness
and such an unpleasant chase.