Year: 1878

tEe % The most striking instances


which We have heard, say the Mes=rs


Cham t-rS IN their "AnecttOtes n


Dogs,' % saEscity ard personal a.
tSchmeut in the shepherds dog, oc
Cured about half century Ggl
among the Grsmpian Mountains. IL
. one OF bis excursions tD MS distant
/ ti1cks, shepherd took with him Ont
Z Of his children. After trsversing the
Z hills for some time, attended by bis
I dog, the shepherd found himself un'
[ der the necessity OF ascending q sum
NIT sO.ae distance to have q more ex'
tensive view CT his range. As the


ascent was too fatiguing for the child
he left him on 8 small plain at the
bottom, with the strict Injunction not
to sir from it till his return.


Scarcely, however, had he gained


the summit when the horizon was


suddenly darkened by one of those
impenetrable misls which frequently


descend so rapidly amid these noun


tains a.. in the space az q few min


utas, almost TO turn day into night.


Tie anxious father Instantly hastensd


back to find his child but, owing tG


the unusual darkness and his own


trePidatiOn, he unfortunately missed


his way in the descent. After fruit.


less search OF many hours among the


dangerous mOrasses and cataracts


with which these mountains abound,


he wa at length overtaken by Hght.


Still wandering on without know


ing wIither, he at length came to the


verge the Of mist, and by the light OF


fba moon s3ioonxyara.N flot a O haH raaah,
ed the bottom of the valley, and WAS


within q short distance of his cot
tage. To renew the search that night
was equally fTuitless and dangerous.
He was therefore obliged to return to
his cottage, having lost both his child
and his dog, which had attended him
faithfully for years.


Next morning, by daybreak, the
shepherd, accompanied by a band Of
his neighbors, set out in search of his
child but, after q day spent in fruIt-
less fatigue, he was at last compelled, +,
by the approach of night, to descend
from the mountain. On returning to
his cottage, he found that the dog,
which he had lost the day before, had
been home, and, on receiving a piece
OF cake, had instantly started off
again.


For several successive days the
shepherd renewed the search for his
child, and still, on returning at even
ing disappointed tO his cottage, he
found that the dog had been home,
and, on receiving his usual allowance
OF cake, had instantly disappeared.
Struck with this singular eireum-
stance, be remained at home one day
and, when the dog as usual departed
with his piece OF cake, he resolved to
follow him, and find out the cause OF
his strange procedure.


The dog led the way to u cataract
at some distance from the spot where
the shepherd had left his child. The
banks OF the cataract almost joined at
the top, yet, separated by an abyss OF
immense depth, presented that ap-
pearancs which so often astOnishss
and Rppalls the travellers who fire.
quent the Grsmpiau mountains, and
indicates that these stupendOus
chasms were not the silent work Of
time, but the sudden effect of some
violent cOnVulsiOn OF the earth.


Down one OF these rugged and al
most perpendicular descents the dog
began, without hesitation, to make
his way, and at last disappeared into
q cave, the mouth OF which was al
most upon q level with the torrent.
The shepherd with difficulty followed,
but, on entering the cave, what were
his emotions whom he beheld his child
eating with great satisfaction the cake
which the dog had just brought him,
while the faithful animal stood by
cycling his young charge with the ut
most cOmplsoence.


From the situation in which the
child was found, it appears that he
had wandered TO the brink Of the
precipIce, and then either fallen or
down till he reached the
cave, which the dread OF the torrent
had afterward prevented him from
quitting. The dog, by means OF his
scent, had traced him to the spot, and
afteTward prevented him from starv-
ing by giving up to him his own dali
~ allowance. He appeared never to
have quilted tho child by night or by
day, except when it was necessary to
90 for his food, and then he was al
ways seen running at full speed TO aud
from the cottage.